By Leilanie G. Adriano
Staff reporter
Santiago, Ilocos Sur—Some residents living in a poor village in
Dan-ar, Santiago, Ilocos Sur had always wanted to break away from poverty—until
an opportunity knocks on their door sooner than expected.
Under the Sustainable
Livelihood Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Office,
the 23 Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries of Dan-ar organized themselves into an
organization as they underwent a skills training on chicken egg production. Carpenters,
farmers and housewives populate the association.
One year later, the egg
farming facility of Dan-ar Poultry Sustainable Livelihood Program Association
(SLPA) is now supplying quality eggs for the whole village consumption.
Every day, the poultry can
produce 4-10 trays of eggs. They sell them at PHP140.00 to PHP170.00 per tray
depending on the eggs’ size.
Makers of miki [rice noodles], which is a favorite
Ilocano snack, school canteen mangers and store owners serve as their regular
buyers.
Jocelyn Manzano, SLPA president
explained that after the skills training, the association decided to set up
their own poultry and it soon grew.
Eggs are fast-moving
commodities sold in stores every day. Hence, with its high demand, the
association agreed to put up their own small egg-laying poultry facility.
With the help of the DSWD,
the association received starter kits which include 300 egg-laying chickens,
150 bags of feeds, and galvanized roof sheets for the poultry’s housing.
Each of the members, on the
other hand, contributed bamboo splits for the construction of the chicken
cages.
Each member follows a
schedule to be at the poultry 24 hours a day.
“Mayat ti tinnunosmi nga agkakadwa isu a makitkitami a bareng dumakkel
pay daytoy,” said Ms. Manzano.
The association divides 40 percent
of the association’s profit ranging from PHP5,000 to PHP15,000
monthly equally among the members while the remaining 60 percent goes to their
savings.
Ms. Manzano said they used some
of their savings in the installation of electricity in the poultry, acquisition
of additional 100 egg laying chickens, and construction of a small kubo that serves as the station of the
member in-charge in the poultry.
The association also pays Php1,000 as lot rental annually.
With increasing revenues, the
association plans to purchase an electric pump that would ease the water system
in their poultry.
“Makatulong daytoy ta ti bingay ti tumunggal maysa ket nayon a balon
dagiti annakmi nga agbasbasa,” explained Ms. Manzano.
Ang masasabi ko lang sa livelihood project ng Dan àr Santiago ay sana biguan niyo Naman ng pagkakataong makasali Ang iba sa programang ito kasi sa totoo lang matagal na napapansin ng karamihan Lalo na kami na ung mga nakasali sa programang ito last 2023 aba Sila na Naman Ngayon 2024.napag hahalataan na Po,I lang ba Ang population ng dan àr magbahay bahay sana kayo mga mam and sir Lalo na sa president nitong livelihood ng Dan àr kasi marami din pong naghahangas na makasali sa programang ito.hindi ung mga nakasali ng 2022,2023,2024 Sila na Naman ung mga nakalista.concerned citizen Po ito ng Dan àr.wag Po sana kayong namimili ng inyong guston lamang na tulungan dahilnlahat Naman Po ay pare parwho lang ng sitwasyon sa buhay.ung mga nakaranas na sana na nakakuha ng mga benepiciaryonsa programang ito,give way Naman Po sana sa iba Hindi ung take na lang kayo ng take.kaya shout out Po sa presidente ng livelihood program ng Dan àr at sa mga kasapi into sana Po magbahay bahay kayo in lang po
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