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private sector and government, police, senior citizens, health workers,
nutrition workers, and rural development workers.
60,000 Card-carrying Members
Through the CVPCOW, which now counts 60,000 card carrying
members, the women sector is consulted and is able to participate in
the formulation of short, medium and long-term plans for women.
CVPCOW acts as the proponent, conduit and intermediary for lowerlevel
women councils and community organizations.
The Lamdag Pangkinabuhi program’s achievements in five years
of partnership between the provincial government and the CVPCOW
are encapsulized in (a) livelihood projects for 4,126 households; (b)
establishment of 369 occupational groups; (c) barangay legal education
for 13,000 individuals; (d) establishment of women’s desks in 11
municipalities; and (e) 320,000 trees planted for greening.
CVPCOW has also participated in planning, implementing,
monitoring and evaluating province-funded basic services and
infrastructure projects like the construction of school buildings, wells,
pre-and-post harvest facilities, and the electrification system. It has
promoted and coordinated socio-cultural activities and sports festivals;
facilitated the conduct of the Barangay Legal Education on Wheels
(BLEW). It has also addressed such issues as protection of women
and children, promotion of human rights, reforestation and environmental
protection and beautification.
CVPCOW has also launched agricultural and livelihood-related
projects like inputs dispersal, livestock raising, food processing,
handicraft, pottery, electrical, plumbing, barber shop, manicure, pedicure,
flower arrangement, fruit distribution, herbal medicine preparation and
many others. It has popularized the Greater Opportunities for Livelihood
Development that promotes backyard food production and group farming
through communal farms, gardens and fish ponds.
Enterprises Abound
For the implementation of Lamdag Panginabuhi, the provincial
government provides funding, technical assistance, material inputs and
the physical production base. It has set up a 97-hectare livelihood center
for this purpose. The center addresses such concerns as malnutrition,
healthcare and lack of livelihood skills. It is operated by members who
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