AWARD. Sibalom Livestock and Poultry Raisers Association, Inc. operations manager Rudjie Tenorio (left) and president Elma Peña during the 2024 Regional DOLE Kabuhayan Awards in Iloilo City on Aug. 16, 2024. Peña said in an interview Tuesday (Aug. 20) that the Department of Labor and Employment picked SILPRA as its best co-partner in Western Visayas. (Photo courtesy of SILPRA)
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – The Sibalom Livestock and Poultry Raisers Association (SILPRA) Inc. committed support to the livelihood program of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) benefitting poor, marginalized and vulnerable sectors.
SILPRA was awarded best civil society organization co-partner in Western Visayas for the DOLE Integrated Livelihood Project (DILP) during the 2024 Regional DOLE Kabuhayan Awards in Iloilo City on Aug. 16.
DOLE gave SILPRA a grant of PHP1.5 million.
“As a partner of DOLE in the implementation of DILP since 2023, we have been supplying the native chicken, cattle and piglets for its livelihood program,” SILPRA president Elma Peña said in an interview on Tuesday.
SILPRA has 672 members raising livestock and poultry in Sibalom and other towns in the province.
They have been a reliable supplier of DOLE for its identified beneficiaries who would like to engage in native chicken and cattle raising as well as hog farming.
The association received a PHP1 million grant from DOLE last year, which it used to procure corn from farmers to be made into feeds for farm animals at their feed mill given by the Department of Agriculture.
“We are not only supplying native chicken, cattle, and piglets for DOLE’s projects, but we are also buying the produce of the beneficiaries,” Peña said.
SILPRA plans to establish stores to sell fresh and processed chicken and meat procured from its members and DOLE beneficiaries using their incentive as the best co-partner award. (PNA)
