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DALAWAMPU’T ISANG natatanging kooperatiba sa buong kapuluan ang kinilala ng Villar Social Institute for Poverty Alleviation and Governance (SIPAG) nina Sen. Cynthia A. Villar, former Senate President Manny Villar at DPWH Sec. Mark Villar, dahil sa kanilang natatanging poverty reduction strategies.
Tumanggap ang bawat isa ng P250,000 “seed money” para makapagsimula ng bagong negosyo at mapalaki ang kanilang mga umiiral na proyekto.
Pinagkalooban din sila ng customized Villar SIPAG bamboo trophy na espesyal na ginawa ng Samahan ng mga Mang-uukit ng Paete.
Idinaos ang awarding ceremony sa Villar SIPAG hall sa C5 Extension Road, Brgy. Pulang Lupa Uno, Las Pinas City.
Mahigit sa 220 kooperatiba ang lumahok sa “search for the 2017 Villar SIPAG Awards” na 21 kooperatiba ang hinirang base sa effectiveness, significance, financial viability, sustainability at adaptability ng kanilang proyekto.
“We take our hats off to these cooperatives for the wonderful jobs that they do and for all their efforts in helping reduce poverty in our country, particularly in the countryside,” ani Sen. Villar.
Ang mga sumusunod ang 21 nahirang na kooperatiba: Sa Metro Manila, Don Bosco Technical Vocational Education and Training Center, Tondo, Maynila; Mapag-ampon Parish Multi-Purpose Cooperative, Putatan, Muntinlupa City; Sa north Luzon, Treasure Link Cooperative Society, Sagada, Mountain Province; Tabuk Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative, Tabuk City, Kalinga; Sto. Domingo Development Cooperative, Sto. Domingo, Ilocos Sur; Wesley Savings and Multi-Purpose Cooperative, San Isidro, Isabela; Mother Rita Multi-Purpose Governance Structure, Candelaria, Zambales.
Sa south Luzon at Bicol region, Padre Garcia Development Cooperative, Pansol, Padre Garcia, Batangas; Tuy and Community Multi-Purpose Cooperative, TMPC Village, Brgy. Luna, Tuy, Batangas; Mindoro Progressive Multi-Purpose Cooperative, Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro; Pecuaria Development Cooperative, Bula, Camarines Sur; Pinoy Lingap – Damayan Multi-Purpose Cooperative, Virac, Catanduanes.
Sa Visayas, Libacao Development Cooperative, Libacao, Aklan; Buenavista Development Cooperative, Buenavista, Guimaras; Fairchild Cebu Community Multi-Purpose Cooperative, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu; Sts. Peter & Paul Multi-Purpose Cooperative, Southern Leyte.
Sa Mindanao, Goodyear Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Multi-Purpose Cooperative, Zamboanga Sibugay; Agdao Multi-Purpose Cooperative, Bo Obrero, Davao City; Adventurers Multi-Purpose Cooperative, Polomolok, South Cotabato; Agusan Del Norte Teachers, Retirees, Employees and Community Cooperative, Butuan City; Alrahman Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative, Mamasapano, Maguindanao.
Nagsimula ang Villar SIPAG Awards for Poverty Reduction noong August 2013 bilang pagkilala sa natatanging nagawa sa buhay ng mga tao ng mga kasapi ng kanilang komunidad.
(NIÑO ACLAN)
