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Metamorphosis_Kalahi-CIDSS Compendium 2015

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CUPIS WOMen:<br />

Bringing<br />

pride to Conner<br />

By Strelle C. Quejado<br />

(DSWD)’s core poverty reduction programs alongside the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino<br />

Program and the Sustainable Livelihood Program.<br />

Since the first year of the program implementation in Conner, the women of Cupis have<br />

shown overwhelming support to the project, exerted extra effort, strived to learn more, and<br />

strived harder to excel further than the men.<br />

The Challenge as Women Leaders<br />

Men taking the role as the leaders has long been the norm in Conner. “When <strong>Kalahi</strong><br />

[<strong>CIDSS</strong>] started here, they were talking about engaging women as leaders. We always<br />

thought back then, being a leader feels like it was a very big shoe to fill in,” said BSPMC<br />

Chairperson Jocelyn C. Pascua in the vernacular. Jocelyn, 45, is also a beneficiary of the<br />

Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program and a program participant under the Sustainable<br />

Livelihood Program (SLP).<br />

“Sobrang pasasalamat ko nga po sa DSWD dahil sa sobrang dami ng mga trainings at seminars<br />

ng <strong>Kalahi</strong> [<strong>CIDSS</strong>], Pantawid [Pamilya], at SLP, ang laki po ng tiwala na binibigay ng mga tao<br />

sa akin. Maka-ilang beses na po akong nagpa-training ng weaving sa kapwa beneficiaries sa<br />

loob at labas ng Apayao. Noong nakaraang taon, nakuha ko po ang posisyon na Vice President<br />

ng Kalipi Women’s Organization dito sa Cupis. At noong April po, isa po ako sa representative<br />

ng Conner para sa selebrasyon ng Women’s Month sa Luna, Apayao. Nakapagperform kami<br />

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