DEMCO brings relief goods to five barangays in Maasin and Alimodian

Love and kindness still prevail in this time of COVID-19.

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Western Visayas through its DENR Employees Multi-Purpose Cooperative (DEMCO), recently spearheaded a relief operation dubbed Bulig Kontra COVID-19 to help alleviate the economic impact of the crisis on upland beneficiaries.

DEMCO distributed 31 sacks of rice valued worth P51,150.00; canned goods (sardines and corned beef) worth P12,450.00; and shrimp paste (bagoong) worth P4,000.00.

The DEMCO team that led the distribution was composed of Chairman Apolinario Corbal, NGP Coordinator Fred Canto, Regional Public Affairs Office (RPAO) Chief Artemio Salvador Colacion, Forester Mekrinke Ballejera (DEMCO Treasurer) Hajie Baraquia (DEMCO Manager), and Forest Extension Officer John Christian Amores.

The recipients were Community-Based Forest Management People’s Organization (CBFM PO) members and National Greening Program (NGP) beneficiaries in barangays Linab and Punong in Maasin, Iloilo; and barangays Bugang, Bagsakan and Punong in Alimodian, Iloilo.

This was the second leg of the Bulig Kontra COVID-19 by the DEMCO. The first one was the rice pack distribution among DENR 6 employees. (DENR-6)