‘Serbisyo Caravan’ benefited Zambo Sur town residents

• Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=821925
• Saturday, October 31, 2015

(PNA), RMA/TPGJR/HIROHITO D. CADION

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Oct. 31 (PNA) – A total of 250 residents have benefited from the joint “Serbisyo Caravan” conducted Friday in the nearby town of Tigbao, this province.

The caravan, a project of the Army’s 53rd Infantry Battalion, was held jointly by the Army’s 1st Infantry Division, different national government agencies, and the local government of Tigbao with the primary purpose of bringing closer government services to far-flung areas.

Lt. Col. Alvin Luzon, Army’s 53rd Infantry Battalion commander told the Philippines News Agency that the caravan was held at the Nangan-Nangan Elementary School wherein various services were provided to the beneficiaries.

Luzon said the beneficiaries were given hygiene kits, medicines, slippers and their children given deworming medicines.

Luzon said the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) had distributed 12 “Kabuhayan Starter Kits” to farmers. The kits included a plow, backpack sprayer, a pair of boots, raincoat, face mask and sweat shirt.

He said the other government agencies, both local and national, also conducted information dissemination campaign informing the residents in Barangay Nangan-Nangan, Tigbao and of the nearby areas of the services they could avail.

The other services rendered during the caravan included supplemental feeding; tooth extraction; medical check-up; immunization; civil registration; assistance in land issues; and, registration for “Kabuhayan Starter Kits” program.

Luzon has expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the different agencies of government that joined Friday’s caravan.