MILF: SWC members attend Training on Food Processing

 From the MILF Website (Jun 9): SWC members attend Training on Food Processing

Fifty Seven (57) members of the Social Welfare Committee (SWC) in Zamboanga Sibugay attended a five-day Basic Training on Food Processing held at the BDA Building, Barangay Canacan, Kabasalan municipality in the said province from June 1-5, 2013.
  

The activity was facilitated by an officer of SWC Economic Program of the MILF Central Committee. She said that similar training were already conducted in other areas of Mindanao as in Cotabato, Maguindanao, some places in Northern Mindanao and part of Western Mindanao such as in Basilan, and now Zamboanga Sibugay. Many Moro women had been recipients of trainings spearheaded by the SWC and a lot of them have become skillful in food preparations.

The aim of the program was to train participants on livelihood programs for income generating purposes; an initiative of the SWC targeting beneficiaries from the provincial level down to the municipal level.

During the 5-day activity, the participants were taught on how to prepare food recipes and other skills in food processing. Similar undertaking shall be conducted in other areas of Mindanao where a lot more Moro women are in dire need of knowledge in food processing. 

Originally, the training was scheduled for 10 days but was shorten to 5 days due financial constraints. Nevertheless, it ended successfully through the support of benefactors and supporters in the locality.

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