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Pangasinan gov’t to release P2.6-M fund for livelihood projects of village folks

Posted on March 31, 2015

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, March 31 (PNA) — Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. awarded checks amounting to P2.65 million to 17 associations and five micro-small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from the different towns of Pangasinan on March 30 for them to put up their respective income-generating projects that will benefit their members.

This is part of the provincial government’s livelihood assistance program implemented under the Provincial Population Office (PPO) that already benefited a number of associations throughout Pangasinan in the past.

These were the second batch of recipients for the first quarter of the year 2015, according to Luzviminda Muego, livelihood program consultant of the provincial government.

The amount will finance project activities like commodity trading, farm and agricultural inputs, cooperative re-lending, salt production, duck raising and salted eggs production, t-shirt printing, tailoring, egg retailing and balut trading.

Espino urged all Pangasinenses especially housewives to continue whatever is awarded to them in a productive manner and become self-sufficient

Ellsworth G. Gonzales, PPO officer-in-charge, said that since the program was launched in 2008, the provincial government has already awarded a total of P53 million to some 152 women associations and cooperatives.

Gonzales said that since its launching, the program was able to reach out not just to housewives but has also included families of the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) as well in cooperation with the Provincial Employment and Services Office (PESO).

The recipients associations are Santodia Transport Service Cooperative (Anda), Farmer’s Agricultural Development Association (Bolinao), Dasol Market Vendors’ Association, Patar Maculi Mothers’ Association (Mabini), Buenlag Rural Improvement Club (Binmaley), Ataynan Farmers’ Association (Bayambang), Dusoc Women’s Association (Bayambang), Torres KALIPI Association (Mapandan), Inmalog Sur KALIPI Women’s Association (San Fabian), San Felipe Central Women’s Assocaition (BInalonan), Eastern Binalonan Multi-Purpose Cooperative, Palacpalac Multi-Purpose Cooperative (Pozzorubio), Capitan Tomas MPC (Rosales), Holy Seed MPC (Balungao), Mount Zion Evangelical Mission, Inc. (Balungao), and San Quintin OFW Family Association.

The MSME recipients are CBB Salt Producer (Infanta), Aslan Trading and Remittance Center (Basista), Greenfarm Agricultural and Poultry Products (Asingan), Mary Grace Egg Retailer (Binalonan), and Cluie’s Needlecraft (Umingan). (PNA)

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