SOCCSKSARGEN’s fight against hunger and poverty gains more partners - An addendum to RMOU was signed

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Regional Director Loreto Cabaya Jr., who chairs the EPAHP Regional Convergence Team, said the entry of the Philippine Rice Research Institute-Midsayap Branch (PhilRice-Midsayap), the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor-Field Operations Division for Mindanao (PCUP-FODM), and the Philippine Information Agency Regional 12 to the partnership "marks a milestone."
"These three agencies complete our rooster of troops," Cabaya said, emphasizing that EPAHP has gained partners that may serve as a spokesperson in public information campaigns and advocacy, ensure rice supply, and a conduit for reaching the marginalized sectors in urban areas.
Together, partner agencies work to increase the productivity of farmers and fisherfolk and provide them, as community-based organizations (CBO), access to markets for their produce by supplying food product needs through supplemental feeding programs of the DSWD, Department of Education (DepEd), and National Nutrition Council (NNC), as well as requirements for meals for patients in hospitals, persons deprived of liberty in jail facilities, and similar end-users. “In the future, our CBOs may not only provide goods for government supplemental feeding programs but also cater to the needs of hospitals and display their produce in malls,” Ibrahim S. Sangcupan, Regional Program Coordinator of the EPAHP Regional Program Management Office XII said.
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Mar 21, 2024 from 09:00 AM to 11:00 AM (Asia/Singapore / UTC800)
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Loreto Jr V. Cabaya, Regional Director - Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) XII, Dr. Sailila Abdula, Director of Philippine Rice Research Institute-Midsayap Branch (PhilRice-Midsayap), Ferdinand Iman, Chief Operating Officer - the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor-Field Operations Division for Mindanao (PCUP-FODM), Danilo Doguiles, Assistant Regional Head - Philippine Information Agency Region 12, EPAHP Staff:, Ibrahim S. Sangcupan, PDO III - Regional Program Coordinator, Elmer R. Bulalaque, PDO II - Planning and Finance Officer, Marichu T. Lim, MPA, PDO II - Operations Monitoring Officer, Angelita E. Visayas, PDO II - Capacity Building and General Administrative Officer, Jerald S. Rubio - Administrative Assistant II, EPAHP Regional Convergence Team XII