Cagayan de Oro – A total of 1,544 SEA-K clients/beneficiaries were provided livelihood assistance amounting to P 8,838,000.00 by the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for the month of May.

The 1,544 recipients of the said livelihood assistance are Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4 P’s) beneficiaries from the provinces of Misamis Occidental and Lanao del Norte. The Sustainable Livelihood Program are extending livelihood programs to 4 P’s beneficiaries to aid in the transition of Pantawid families who will be graduating from the program once they complete the 5-year program coverage.

SLP is part of the core Anti-Poverty Programs of the department which utilizes the Convergence strategy. Through Convergence, the department is ensuring that poor families and individuals are provided 2 or more anti-poverty programs and/or social protection services that would improve their status in life.

SLP and the other anti-poverty programs of the department will try to improve the lives of poor families, alleviating their living status from Survival, to Subsistence, and finally, to Self-sufficiency.

The SLP will continue to serve poor and marginalized families and groups in Northern Mindanao with Livelihood Trainings and Capacity-Building Activities that will ensure sustainable income-generating employment or business.

Written by Marko Davey D. Reyes and Manuel M. Borres (GASSD-Chief/SLP Regional Project Coordinator)