The regional DSWD-XI granted P19-million worth of financial assistance to 66 people’s organizations based in villages of Davao de Oro province that were former battlegrounds between government troops and New People’s Army guerrillas.
DAVAO CITY—The regional Department of Social and Welfare Development granted P19-million worth of financial assistance to 66 people’s organizations based in villages of Davao de Oro province that were former battlegrounds between government troops and New People’s Army guerrillas.
Wilfredo R. Planas, provincial coordinator of the DSWD Sustainable Livelihood Program , said each peoples’ organization received P300,000 as start-up capital for their chosen project or business. Davao de Oro is one of the former bailiwick provinces of the NPA until the government military said it cleared the province of the armed guerrillas and declared it this year as insurgency-free.
Leonora D. Ambas, president of the SLP Kapatagan Association in Laak, expressed gratitude to the assistance and disclosed that the members of the association underwent “various capacity development training, monitoring, and supervising.”
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