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MANILA, Philippines — Through the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict, the government has provided free livelihood and skills training to nearly 50,000 people from conflict-affected barangays around the country (NTF-ELCAC).

The government has previously conducted over 4,500 livelihood and skills training around the country under the NTF-Poverty ELCAC’s Reduction, Livelihood and Employment Cluster (PRLEC), which is chaired by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA).

The PRLEC has so far covered 822 villages, significantly exceeding the 802 priority conflict-affected barangays and geographically isolated and disadvantaged communities that it had set out to reach (GIDAs).

The establishment of organic farms, production sites, and trading centers for agricultural products; the establishment of community poultry, vegetable production, and processing centers; and the implementation of Tubig Kalikasan para sa Barangay (TUKABA), Project iPEACE for indigenous communities, and Photovoltaic Systems Installation NC II (Project TALA) —all of which benefited communities.

The initiatives, according to TESDA deputy director-general Gabriel Quisumbing, are especially important for the agriculture sector because they have aided in promoting food security during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Apart from helping former rebels and their communities, Quisumbing said the government’s livelihood and skills training programs have also aided individuals affected by the global health crisis, particularly those returning overseas Filipino workers and those returning to their respective home provinces.

Through a whole-of-nation convergence and good governance strategy, the PRLEC aims to develop “self-reliant, productive, resilient, and sustainable communities” in the rural.

The NTF-ELCAC was established by President Rodrigo Duterte’s Executive Order 70, which institutionalized a whole-of-nation strategy to address the long-running local communist armed conflict.

“We hope that the President’s legacy with the creation of EO 70 and the NTF-ECLAC will be felt for years to come.” And we are confident that, as a result of the increasing economic impact that these programs have had on these communities, we will continue to see prosperity in these places for many years to come,” Quisumbing said during a press conference on Wednesday afternoon.

“So, once again, on behalf of the PRLE Cluster and TESDA, the PRLE Cluster’s chair, we are fully behind the NTF-ELCAC and the President in his goal of bringing our country to a lasting peace,” he continued.

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