DOST releases P1.3M livelihood aid in Kalinga
TABUK CITY, Kalinga - The Department of Science and
Technology Center awarded P1,384,448 in livelihood aid to grassroot
organizations in the province.
DOST-Kalinga Head Alfonso Berto handed the checks to
recipients during the Cordillera Unity Gong relay program, here, last
Saturday, July 12.
Dixi Catacutan of the DOST-Kalinga reported the financial aid
is a grant under DOST’s Science and Technology Enhancement and Advancement of Municipalities
(STEAM) Program targeting community-based organized beneficiaries.
The municipality of Tinglayan got the bulk of the aid with
P540,000; Tabuk City – P282,250; Rizal – P255,000; Pasil – P187,448; Balbalan –
P149,000 and Lubuagan – P119,750.
According to Catacutan, the financial aid is given to small
livelihood groups who had completed science and technology workshops provided
by DOST. They were taught to make livelihood project proposals which are
the projects funded under the aid.
Management capability of recipients
is crucial under the program since the aid is released as grant, Catacutan said
as she called on municipal STEAM coordinators to closely supervise
implementation of the projects. (Larry Lopez/JDP/LL—PIA CAR,Kalinga)
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