Cotabato City| To support the rehabilitation and development of Bangsamoro conflict-affected areas, the Ministry of Public Order and Safety (MPOS) through its Special Development Fund (SDF) in partnership with Kutawato Greenland Initiatives, Inc. (KGI) facilitated a three-day activity entitled “Palimbang Rehabilitation Program: Enhancement Training on Muslim Delicacies” for the Unified Palimbang Survivors Marketing Cooperative. The activity was held from January 22 to 24, 2024, at the Academia de Technologia in Mindanao, Cotabato City.
The program focuses on comprehensive rehabilitation efforts, including the establishment of cooperatives, livelihood support, and community healing. The training was able to equip the participants with valuable skills and entrepreneurial knowledge, empowering them for economic revival and enhancing self-sufficiency in Bangsamoro conflict-affected communities.
MPOS’ Special Operations Division Chief – Designate Datu Marohomsar A. Gaya emphasized the Ministry’s dedication to the restoration and fostering of community healing through various interventions, stating, “𝘐𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘢 𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘰 𝘎𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘚𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘗𝘖𝘚 𝘯𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘨 Palimbang 𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘋𝘍, 𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘺𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘺𝘰 𝘯𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘸𝘢 𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘬𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘢𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘮𝘶𝘣𝘶𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘺𝘰 𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘪-𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴, 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦 𝘴𝘢 𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘬𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘢𝘯𝘰 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘢𝘯, 𝘪-𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘰.”
The three-day training specifically focused on making various Muslim delicacies such as bruwa, kumukunsi, tinagtag, tipas, and additional recipes were also introduced. The training sessions include food safety, proper labeling, packaging, production, usage of personal protective equipment (PPE), tools and equipment.
Ms. Samrah A. Maulana, a participant, expressed her genuine gratitude and dedication, emphasizing the enduring sustainability of the program in their community. “𝘒𝘢𝘮𝘪 𝘱𝘰 𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘰 𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘢𝘨-𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘩𝘪𝘭 𝘴𝘢 𝘪𝘯𝘺𝘰 𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘰. 𝘐𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘪𝘺𝘰 𝘱𝘰 𝘴𝘢 𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘯𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘢 𝘱𝘰 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘨-𝘶𝘸𝘪. 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨-𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘰 𝘴𝘢 𝘪𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘵.”
Ms. Ruthzael T. Ponsan, ADTM Lead Trainer, encouraged participants to share their acquired knowledge, emphasizing the significance of utilizing the skills for personal and cooperative growth. “𝘚𝘢 𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘯𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘨, 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘢𝘺𝘰 𝘯𝘢 𝘱𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘰 𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘯𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘰 𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘺𝘰 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦. 𝘈𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘢 𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘨𝘪 𝘱𝘰 𝘴𝘢 𝘪𝘯𝘺𝘰.”
KGI Chairperson Danilo T. Mocsin stressed the importance of collaboration among various agencies. He also expressed his gratitude to MPOS for its unwavering support since the inception of the program. “𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘢 𝘔𝘗𝘖𝘚 𝘥𝘢𝘩𝘪𝘭 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢 𝘯𝘪𝘭𝘢. 𝘈𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦. 𝘜𝘯𝘢 𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘺𝘢 𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘴. 𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘢 𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘪-𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘗𝘖𝘚 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘚𝘋𝘍 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘢𝘤𝘣𝘪𝘭 𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘦. 𝘕𝘢𝘨𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘺𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘢 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘺-𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴.”
The SDF-Palimbang Rehabilitation Program provided valuable skills and knowledge to the participants by creating sustainable income-generating opportunities, promoting local entrepreneurship, and facilitating diverse business development within the community. The SDF program is under Article XIV, Section 2, of the Bangsamoro Organic Law to rebuild, rehabilitate, and develop conflict-affected communities.
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