AWCF attends multi-event affair in Ligas

To show solidarity and support to a gender equality (GE)-friendly primary co-op, AWCF representatives led by Executive Director Ms Salome Ganibe attended the “Harvest Festival cum Blessing and Inauguration of the ARC (Agrarian Reform Community) Ligas Farmers’ Training, Information and Marketing Center” held December 20, 2010 in Ligas, Malolos City, Bulacan province, Philipines. AWCF was invited to this event by the Ligas Kooperatiba ng Bayan sa Pagpapaunlad (LKBP), one of its partner-co-ops in the “Promoting Gender Equality Among Co-operatives in the Philippines” Project being implemented with the Swedish Co-operative Center (SCC) from 2010 to 2012.

The well-attended affair in Ligas, which is a barangay or village, highlighted the need to promote organic farming as a way to empower farmers and help preserve the environment. Aside from the unveiling of the ARC Ligas marker and the blessing of the training center, the event also paved the way for the distribution of emancipation patents to selected farmers and the induction of officers of ARC Ligas Farmers’ Association. The occasion gathered notable personalities from Malolos and Bulacan, and from particular banks, schools, and government offices working with farmers.