1ID unveils Army green camp program

From the Philippine News Agency (Nov 14, 2020): 1ID unveils Army green camp program (By Teofilo Garcia, Jr.)

GREEN CAMP. The 1st Infantry Division unveils on Saturday (Nov. 14, 2020) the Army Green Camp Program to boost food production amid the coronavirus pandemic. Photo shows Lt. Col. Janet Laurena, 1ID headquarters camp commander (right), and Upper Pulacan Barangay chairperson Melanio Bambao (2nd from right) plant vegetables together with the other participants during the program launch. (Photo courtesy of 1ID Public Affairs Office)

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The 1st Infantry Division (ID) launched Saturday the Army Green Camp Program to boost food production amid the coronavirus disease pandemic.

Lt. Col. Filven Noche, 1ID Civil-Military Operations chief, said the program aims to maintain a model farm and supply its personnel with agricultural products, helping them cope with the impacts of the pandemic.

To ensure sustainability, Noche said 1ID tapped the residents of Barangay Upper Pulacan, the host village of Camp Cesar Sang-an, which houses the division headquarters in Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur.

Noche encouraged the villagers and the troops to work together to sustain the Army Green Camp Program for everyone's benefit.

Melanio Bambao, Upper Pulacan barangay chairperson, thanked the 1ID for involving them in the program.

“Despite the pandemic, we hold on together as one, as leaders, subordinates of the community,” Bambao said.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1121825