STA. CRUZ, Davao del Sur, June 16 (PIA) – The Sibulan Porters
Association (SPA) has recently received a new set of mountaineering gears and
equipment as part of the continuing effort to provide Mt. Apo porters with
appropriate gears in climbing the country’s highest peak.
The USAID-BWISER (Biodiversity and Watershed Improved for Stronger
Economy and Ecosystems Resilience) provided the assistance last June 10.
The SPA also received similar grant in 2013 from the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources Region XI as its prime enterprise development
activities that eventually provided alternative livelihood opportunity to its
growing number of membership.
The new equipment and supplies are the following: one camping
tent, three backpacks, one tent liner, six sleeping bags, six power zoom
headlamps, one camping lantern, one camping stove, one cooking set, one first
aid kit, 12 batteries and 12 butanes. (CDIO-Sta. Cruz/Julius R. Paner)
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