DSWD’s sustainable livelihood awards PHP450K to fishermen in Palawan town

• Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=852574
• Monday, February 1, 2016

(PNA), FFC/CARF/SSC

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Feb. 1 (PNA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) recently awarded PHP450,000 to a fishermen’s group in Cuyo, Palawan to help them establish fish cages.

Jason Eco Oliverio of the DSWD-MIMAROPA Social Marketing Unit (SMU), said over the weekend that the amount was awarded to the Cuyo Fishermen SLP Association that has 45 members in Barangay Suba, Cuyo.

The association that was created under the SLP modalities is one of the recipients of the Enterprise Capital Assistance (ECA) that provides start up capitals.

The fund, Oliverio said, was coursed through the Post-Yolanda Recovery and Rehabilitation Program (YRRP) which aims to give livelihood support to super typhoon Yolanda affected communities.

With the assistance fund, the association is expected to generate PHP135,000 per month from 1.3 tons of fish caught.

SLP, a community-based capacity-building program that seeks to improve the socio-economic status of its participants, is implemented using the Community-Driven Enterprise Development approach which enables participants to contribute to production and labor markets by looking at available resources and accessible markets.