Frontline-1stQTR-2016

The “product walk” models along with SLP NPMO Dir. Gil Dennis Raposa, SLP NPMO Project Development Officers
Mitzi Tamayo and Vianca Habli, Regional Director Minda B. Brigoli and Regional Program Coordinator Roy R. Serdeña
The Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) of the
Department of Social Welfare and Development
(DSWD) Caraga extravagantly showcased the products
and crafts of its program participants during its 4th Annual
SLP Congress on February 12, 2016 in Butuan City.
The event was conducted with the theme “Karon ug
sa umaabot, kalambuan atong makab-ot (Now and
beyond, we will achieve development)”.
Attended by 200 partner-beneficiaries from the five (5)
provinces of the region, the activity aims to celebrate the
extraordinary efforts toward self-sufficiency and positive
change of these people.
The event was also graced by Regional Director Minda B.
Brigoli who officially opened the event and delivered an
inspirational message to the participants.
Brigoli highly praised the 200 program participants who
attended the said event.
“Sila ang ating inspirasyon na
ngayon ay resource partners
na ng ating ahensya (They are
our inspiration and now have
become our agency’s resource
partners),” she said.
Brigoli also applauded the
stakeholders, public and
private partners who have
contributed a lot in the program
implementation.
“Because you are special,
we made this event special.
We will assure everyone that
we will celebrate this kind of
achievement every year,” she
added.
Participants from SLP National Program Management headed by Director Gil Dennis Raposa along with
Vianca Habli and Mitzi Tamayo, Project Development Officer III also came. Raposa was the event’s
keynote speaker. In his speech, he shared SLP’s thrust and priorities.
“The SLP is a strategy to spread prosperity among communities in the Philippines,” he shared. “The program
builds the capacities of its participants to engage in resource-based and market-driven community
micro-enterprises, and/or equips them with the required skills and attitudes to be gainfully employed,” he
added.
Raposa also encouraged the stakeholders to sustain their support to the program and its participants.
“Invest with us in our program participants who are the enforcers of the law within the society, experts in
their fields within their communities, models of the youth and major influencers,” he said.
He ended his speech with a video clip that will commemorate SLP NPMO’s provocative tagline Paano
Kung.To further enhance the entrepreneurial skills of the program participants, a technical session with
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) on Social Entrepreneurial Technique and Strategies was conducted
before the program proper started.
Moreover, commendation to stakeholder, both public and private
partners was carried out. Awards were given to Department of
Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Science and
Technology (DOST), DTI, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
(BFAR), Technical Education and Skills Development Authority
(TESDA), Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH),
Mindanao R&D Consultants, Inc. (MRDC), Butuan City Manpower
Training Center (BCMTC), Winrock International Institute for
Agricultural Development and Cantilan Bank, Inc..
Bangon Kabuhayan awarding ceremony was also cited to
applaud the outstanding and invaluable enterprise initiatives of
various SLP association or federation.
There was also a photo and product exhibit to celebrate the
incredible turnaround success stories of SLP program participants.
Also part of the program was the “product walk” where the
Field Project Development officers have modeled SLP Caraga
products.
“Dako among kalipay ug pasalamat na nagpahigayon ug
ing-ani na event (We are very happy and grateful that an event
like this was conducted),” said Evelyn Inocente, a parent leader
from Sibagat, Agusan del Sur.
“Lami sa paminaw na natagaan ug pagdayeg among mga efforts
sa pagsustinar sa among mga nagkadaiyang panginabuhian (It
feels so good that our efforts toward sustaining our livelihood was
given appreciation),” she added.
Regional Program Coordinator Roy R. Serdeña assured that SLP
Caraga will continue to hold an event like this and celebrate the
program participants’ achievements.
“The program participants deserve this celebration and our
stakeholders as well, thus, we will ensure its continuity,” Serdeña.
Established in 2011, the Department of Social Welfare and
Development through the Sustainable Livelihood Program
is holding Annual SLP Congress to celebrate the successes
of our SLP program participants in achieving the goal of our
Department which is uplifting the socio-economic status of our
program participants through engaging in micro-enterprises or
employment.
It also celebrates the efforts of Pantawid Pamilya member-families
towards self-sufficiency and positive change.
Further, it aims to applaud our stakeholders, public and
private partners who have contributed a lot in the program
implementation. It is but necessary to give commendation to
recognize their efforts as we continue to strengthen partnership
with our stakeholders.
In addition, the program participants will also have an opportunity
to display or promote their products and services to the public
and find possible buyers or market. ###
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