LIVELIHOOD PROJECTS. Mindanao Development Authority Secretary Emmanuel Piñol discusses the agency's livelihood programs for tribal communities during the Serbisyo Caravan held in Titay town, Zamboanga Sibugay on Friday (Jan. 24, 2020). The caravan was organized by Zamboanga Sibugay's Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict. (Photo courtesy of MinDA)
The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) said it has expanded assistance to three more Indigenous People (IP) barangays in Zamboanga Sibugay.
In a statement on Friday, MinDA said the barangays of Pulidan, Kipit, and Tugop Muslim in the town of Titay will be the next recipients of the agency’s agricultural livelihood projects.
MinDA Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said the decision came following the "Serbisyo Caravan" organized by Zamboanga Sibugay's Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (PTF-ELCAC) on Friday, during which the three barangays were identified as among the province's conflict-affected areas.
“Genuine development can only happen in Mindanao if peace and security become our priority, allowing people to work at their farms and go home peacefully,” Piñol said.
The caravan is an initiative of various local government units, national government agencies, and government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs) to provide a one-stop shop for various social services needed by constituents of these barangays.
"Our government service providers are here because we want to prove that the Duterte administration is sincere. That you have a government that listens and cares for you," Piñol added.
He said the residents of the identified barangays would be trained for egg production, vegetable farming, and goat multiplier farming.
MinDA's Western Mindanao team will also work together with the Provincial Agriculture Office for vegetable farming, and other agricultural-based economic activities that would uplift the quality of lives of the area's Subanen communities, he added.
"We will develop these barangays into agricultural learning center communities with the assistance of TESDA (Technical Education and Skills Development Authority) for technical trainings and skills programs," Piñol said.
MinDA will also engage the barangays for its water supply program through its solar-powered irrigation initiative.
Meanwhile, Zamboanga Sibugay Governor Wilter Yap Palma called on the province's communities to be a partner of the government in attaining collective peace and development.
"Those who are still on the hills, let the government help you. Let us help one another. We brought to you this caravan because we want to show you that you have the government that you can trust and rely on. If there is no peace, there is no development," Palma said.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1091860
In a statement on Friday, MinDA said the barangays of Pulidan, Kipit, and Tugop Muslim in the town of Titay will be the next recipients of the agency’s agricultural livelihood projects.
MinDA Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said the decision came following the "Serbisyo Caravan" organized by Zamboanga Sibugay's Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (PTF-ELCAC) on Friday, during which the three barangays were identified as among the province's conflict-affected areas.
“Genuine development can only happen in Mindanao if peace and security become our priority, allowing people to work at their farms and go home peacefully,” Piñol said.
The caravan is an initiative of various local government units, national government agencies, and government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs) to provide a one-stop shop for various social services needed by constituents of these barangays.
"Our government service providers are here because we want to prove that the Duterte administration is sincere. That you have a government that listens and cares for you," Piñol added.
He said the residents of the identified barangays would be trained for egg production, vegetable farming, and goat multiplier farming.
MinDA's Western Mindanao team will also work together with the Provincial Agriculture Office for vegetable farming, and other agricultural-based economic activities that would uplift the quality of lives of the area's Subanen communities, he added.
"We will develop these barangays into agricultural learning center communities with the assistance of TESDA (Technical Education and Skills Development Authority) for technical trainings and skills programs," Piñol said.
MinDA will also engage the barangays for its water supply program through its solar-powered irrigation initiative.
Meanwhile, Zamboanga Sibugay Governor Wilter Yap Palma called on the province's communities to be a partner of the government in attaining collective peace and development.
"Those who are still on the hills, let the government help you. Let us help one another. We brought to you this caravan because we want to show you that you have the government that you can trust and rely on. If there is no peace, there is no development," Palma said.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1091860
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