ISABELA CITY, Basilan – Thirty (30) ASG returnees, who are currently enrolled in the Program Against Violent Extremism (PAVE) for Peace, completed the 3-day Vegetable Production Training conducted by Balay Mindanao Foundation Inc. (BMFI) and Office of the Provincial Agriculture – Basilan (OPAG Basilan) from 05 to 07 August 2020 here at Headquarters 4th Special Forces Battalion in Barangay Cabunbata.
This Agri-Livelihood Training is part of the PAVE program which aims to capacitate the returnees in order to sustain their family’s needs and promote food security through vegetable production. The training includes lecture and practical exercises on land preparation, seedling preparation and management, plant care and management, common pests and diseases, harvesting management, and other relevant topics, which equipped the returnees with technical know-how in agricultural farming.
Farm implements and vegetable seedlings were also distributed to the ASG
returnees after the training. These include pressure spray, sprinklers, garden hoe, shovel, garden trowel, different varieties of seedlings, fertilizers, and many others. After the training, they were required to create their own communal vegetable garden where they will be evaluated for further support.
Lieutenant Colonel Alex D. Ampati, the Commanding Officer of 4SFBn,
congratulates the returnees for completing the training as he encourage them to be ambassadors, not only of peace, but also in promoting food security in their respective communities. He also encouraged their other comrades to return to the folds of the law.
“Ang gobyerno ay handang tumulong sa mga returnees. Kaya hinihikayat naming ang iba pang nasa bundok at patuloy ang pakikibaka sa bumaba na at magbagong-buhay.”, Lieut.-Colonel Ampati expressed.
The activity was facilitated by Dr. Khayang Luy Battad from OPAG Basilan and
Ms. Nurhati Tangging from BMFI. Also present during the culminating activity were Mrs. Tahira Ismael-Sansawi, Municipal Administrator of Lantawan Municipality, and Ustadz Gais Habibon, representative from the Ulama Council of Basilan.
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