The Sustainable Livelihood Program in DSWD FO2 conducted a swine production training on February 18-19, 2016 to train the capacities of Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries in San Jose, Baggao, Cagayan.

The training was in partnership with the Department of Agriculture (DA) Region 02 and the Municipal Agricultural Office (MAO) of Baggao, Cagayan.

Mr. Chris Lagundi, SLP Provincial Coordinator for Cagayan, said that the training was in response to the need to capacitate Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries with skills that they can use to sustain their families in the long term.

“We did a profiling and it was agreed upon by the team that there is a need for this type of training to cater for those beneficiaries who have a lot of spare time that can be used for building and sustaining a business,” Mr. Lagundi said.

Aside from this, there was also a request lobbied by the team to DA RO2 for the latter to provide carabaos to Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries in the said area that they can take care of and in turn use for the production of dairy products. ### By: Chester Carlo M. Trinidad, Admin. Asst. III, Listahanan Information Officer