TACLOBAN CITY-Some 40 residents of the Community of Hope Village received livelihood assistance from the Center for Community Transformation (CCT) in partnership with Operation Blessing (OB).
The turn-over ceremony of the livelihood assistance was held on Tuesday (October 29) at the sprawling 6-hectare village for ‘Yolanda’ survivors in Brgy. 103 Palanog, this city.
Guests of honor during the launching were Executive Vice President and Chief operating officer of CBN Asia and President of Operation Blessing Foundation Philippines Peter Kairuz, and 700 Club Asia’s Alex Tinsay.
Also present was the chairman of the CCT Credit Cooperative Professor Ron Chua.
The first batch of beneficiaries comprises 10 families per livelihood project, namely farming, piggery, poultry and fish pond.
The seed capital for the livelihood undertaking was provided by CCT, and profits from the venture will be equitably shared by the member-beneficiaries said a source from the CCT.
OB started the Community of Hope Village in 2015 as a permanent housing program for families displaced by Typhoon Yolanda in 2013. The village is currently home to 93 households. (CITY INFORMATION OFFICE)
