The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has provided Php228 million worth of livelihood settlement grants (LSG) to former rebels (FRs), former violent extremists (FVEs) and individuals in conflict-vulnerable communities in 2023.
“We are sowing seeds of hope through the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) believing the grants will help them back and reintegrate them into their respective families and create healing and restoration in communities ravaged by armed conflicts,” Undersecretary for Inclusive-Sustainable Peace and Special Concerns Alan Tanjusay said on Monday (December 9).
Under Track One of the DSWD’s implementation of programs in support of the Executive Order No.70, series of 2018 (EO 70), a total of 1,262 FRs and FVEs received LSG amounting to Php20,000 each under the agency’s Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP).
Undersecretary Tanjusay said the beneficiaries include FRs, or former Communist Party of the Philippines New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) members, and FVEs, which includes former members of groups such as the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and Dawlah Islamiyah (DI) who returned to the fold of the government.
Under Track Two, 624 conflict-affected and vulnerable areas (CVAs) also benefitted from the livelihood assistance.
“The livelihood assistance enabled the former rebels to engage in micro-business enterprises such as “ukay-ukay” (reselling of used clothing), egg-laying machineries, poultry, feeds and fertilizer supply, and drinking water refilling stations,” Undersecretary Tanjusay said.
The first track of the implementation of programs in support to EO 70 focuses on providing assistance to former rebels, former violent extremists and their families as they reintegrate into the community.
The second track, as mentioned by Undersecretary Tanjusay, addresses risks and vulnerabilities to build community resiliency by ensuring the delivery of basic services, strengthening the government mechanisms and processes, among others in CVAs.
The SLP is one of the core programs of the DSWD that provides livelihood assistance and community-based capacity building programs that seeks to improve the beneficiaries’ socio-economic status. (YADP)
Tagalog Version
Php228M halaga ng tulong pangkabuhayan sa SLP, ipinamahagi ng DSWD sa mga dating rebelde
May kabuuang halagang Php228 million na tulong pangkabuhayan ang naipaabot ng Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) sa pamamagitan ng Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) para sa mga dating myembro ng non-state-armed groups kabilang na ang mga nasa conflict-vulnerable communities para sa taong 2023.
“We are sowing seeds of hope through SLP believing these will help them back and reintegrate them into their respective families and create healing and restoration on communities ravaged by armed conflicts,” sabi ni Undersecretary for Inclusive-Sustainable Peace and Special Concerns Alan A. Tanjusay.
Ang SLP ay isang community-based capacity building program ng ahensya na naglalayong mapaganda ang kalagayan ng kabuhayan ng mga benepisyaryo nito.
Batay sa tala, may 1,262 former member of non-state armed groups (FMNSAG) tulad ng ex-Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), former Communist Party of the Philippines New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) members at ex-Dawlah Islamiyah (DI) na pawang nagbalik loob na sa pamahalaan ang nabigyan ng livelihood settlement grant, gayundin ang 624 associations o community-based na binubuo ng mga dating rebelde o FMNSAG.
Ayon kay Usec Tanjusay, kabilang sa mga naipamahaging livelihood settlement grantsay ginamit sa micro-business enterprises gaya ng “ukay-ukay” (reselling of used clothing), egg-laying machineries,
poultry, feeds and fertilizer supply at drinking water refilling station.
Para sa 2024, target ng SLP na matulungan ang 715 individual former rebels at 193 associations na may Php224 million budget allocation. # (MVC)
