BLDF ANNIVERSARY

  • Friday, 21 August 2009 06:52
  • Written by Administrator

BLDF ANNIVERSARY: Bohol Local Development  Foundation (BLDF) celebrated its sixth anniversary last Aug 15 with a simple ceremony and a visit to the tomb of its former vice chair, Atty. Juanito Cambangay, who passed away two years ago. Shown in photo are the staff  with Dr. Nestor Pestelos ( sixth from the left). Dr. Pestelos announced that starting next month, BLDF will focus on microfinance as key intervention to enable farmers and fisher-folk cope with poverty and on the promotion of the Poverty Database Monitoring System (PDMS) survey and software which has been enhanced in recent months by the addition of assets mapping at household and community levels. Its designer, Anthony Irving (third from left), has been working on the replication and enhancement of the software for the past five years to make it as user-friendly as possible for Local Government Units (LGUs), NGOs and other clients. Eulalie Albuladora (third from the right), BLDF Executive Director, will head directly the microfinance department which has funding assistance from the Peace and Equity Foundation and the Agricultural Credit Policy Council.

Focus on Micro-Enterprises

  • Sunday, 12 July 2009 08:22
  • Written by Administrator


 

FOCUS ON MICRO ENTERPRISES. Consistent with the provincial development thrust to make eco-cultural tourism as the driver for sustainable livelihood, local communities and households have opened small shops in tour destination sites to sell handicrafts and other souvenir items. Photo shows one such store in Sta. Filomena, Alburquerque just across the giant phyton attraction in the barangay. Bohol Local Development Foundation ( BLDF) supports similar initiatives in other communities through its Social Enterprise Development Project through a loan from the Peace and Equity Foundation administered by the Bol-anon United Sectors Working for Advancement of Community Concerns (BUSWACC), Inc. These small enterprises bring the benefits of tourism directly to families and enable them to harness existing skills and local resources to create marketable products with technical assistance from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and funding support from LGUs. #####

 

NEEDS ASSESSMENT IN ANDA

  • Saturday, 04 July 2009 08:26
  • Written by Administrator

Dr. Nepomucena Buot (right), vice president of Bohol Local Development Foundation (BLDF), sat down with representatives of  several People’s Organizations (Badiang Fisherfolks Association, Bacong Women’s Association, Candabong Farmers Association) to thresh out common problems met in developing tour destinations in a recent workshop under the Community-Managed Eco-Cultural Tourism (CoMET) Project. BLDF implements the project with assistance from the Philippines-Australia Community Assistance Program (PACAP). Mayor Paulino Amper pledged support to the POs in their efforts to develop ecological and cultural assets as means of cultural revival and livelihood in the municipality.

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