PNP joins TESDA in providing skills trainings to Butuan’s RCSP priority villages

From the Philippine Information Agency (Oct 26, 2020): PNP joins TESDA in providing skills trainings to Butuan’s RCSP priority villages (By TESDA Agusan del Norte)

BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 26 -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) joins with Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in providing skills training to residents of Brgy. Antongalon here.

This development came after TESDA-Agusan del Norte Provincial Director Rey M. Cueva has discussed on October 22, 2020 in a meeting with Butuan City Police Office (BCPO) Director PCol. Canilo Fuentes, Antongalon Brgy. Capt. Epefania D. Antoquia, and some police officers of this city on the possible interventions to be given to residents of the said barangay.

Director Cueva said that one of the skills trainings that are lined-up is the Organic Vegetable Production which is being pushed by TESDA Sec. Isidro S. Lapena to allow the local community to obtain self-sufficiency in food production.

Other livelihood trainings that are put in place are: rug-making, soap-making, floor wax-making, banana chips, cake, buko pie and buko halo-halo-making. “By teaching the local residents of these trainings, we are hoping that this can help the community in their livelihood,” Cueva said.

Barangay Antongalon is one of the 14 barangays of this city that is given priority by the Retooled Community Support Program (RCSP).

The CSP is a program of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Development Support and Security Plan (DSSP) dubbed as “Kapayapaan,” which is a multi-stakeholder and community-based peace and development effort aimed to establish and protect a conflict-affected community. It aims to identify issues of the communities and introduce developmental interventions to resolve these issues that the community itself identified. However, the CSP is limited with resources in addressing issues and gaps due to limited resources and participation of other National Government Agencies (NGAs).

Thus, the RCSP was formulated in order the strengthen the CSP initiatives of the military and making the effort of Local Government Units driven. With the implementation of the RCSP, Local Chief Executives will be the champions of the RCSP through their programs, projects and activities (PPAs) that are geared towards institutionalizing sustainable peace and development. (Robert E. Roperos, TESDA Agusan del Norte, PIA Agusan del Norte)

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