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| A Luzon-based non-government organization (NGO) -Alalay Sa Kaularan, Inc. (ASKI) was awarded as the most outstanding NGO in the national level and the most outstanding NGO for Luzon during the 6th SIPAG (Sustainable Income for People in Agrarian Grassroots) Awards held recently. |
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| Sponsored by the National Livelihood Development Corporation (NLDC), ASKI received the same award for three consecutive years.
“This recognition is a clear manifestation of NLDC’s continued efforts in recognizing, rewarding and encouraging its partners to help microentrepreneurs who are determined to rise out of poverty,” said Rolando B. Victoria, ASKI executive director.
According to NLDC, “the SIPAG Awards which started in 2006 is given annually to encourage and promote the best practices and the achievements of its partner microfinance institutions and microentrepreneurs.”
The partner institutions who won the awards showed “remarkable performance in extending credit, financial advice, and other technical support to microenterprises.”
Meanwhile, on the microentrepreneur category, it highlighted the successes of microentrepreneurs who have been able to rise above poverty through determination and discipline.
“Our award as an organization does not only inspire us but also strengthened our commitment to help more Filipinos,” Victoria said.
The NLDC program provides livelihood and enterprise development assistance to small farmer beneficiaries in the agrarian reform communities through the provision of microcredit.
Recently, ASKI, NLDC, Catholic Relief Services-Philippines (CRSP), Jollibee Foundation and other public and private institutions collaborated in a project on value chain financing for agriculture.
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| One of the beneficiaries of the project is the KALASAG Farmers Producers Cooperative in San Jose City, Nueva Ecija engaged in onion production. These farmers are now supplying their produce in one of the largest fast food chains in the Philippines.
Also, a peoples organization composed of indigenous peoples who ventured into cassava production in Gen. Tinio, Nueva Ecija is being assisted by ASKI in terms of production and in market linkaging.
These organizations are now ASKI’s model for social enterprise. Because of this project, the KALASAG cooperative, for instance, has contributed in the job generation in the community as they hire farmer’s wives and out-of school youth to do the peeling of onions.In this year’s SIPAG Awards, NLDC recognized 20 winners " four national winners; 12 regional partner conduits in the cooperative, NGO and rural financial institutions categories; and four regional microentrepreneur winners.Among the winners include Cooperative Bank of Cagayan , Rural Bank of Guinobatan, Inc., First Agro-Industrial Rural Bank. Inc., and D’Asian Hills Bank, Inc. for the rural financial institution category; ASKI, J.M. Honrado Foundation, Inc., Taytay Sa Kauswagan, Inc., and Starjed Micro Financing Corporation for the NGO category; Nueva Segovia Consortium of Cooperatives, Countryside Multi-line Cooperative, Loay Community Multi-purpose Cooperative and Gata Daku Multi-purpose Cooperative for the cooperative category.
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