“I am proud to inform you that in Bicol region, only two provinces have ARBOs that reached level five, the highest rating in the latest ITeMA. One of these is Sorsogon, and it was SAFADECO that brought us in,” Liza B. Repotente, Chief Agrarian Reform Program Officer (CARPO) for the Program Beneficiaries Development Division proudly announced to the employees of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) the recent result of Information Technology enabled Maturity Assessment (ITeMA).
The same feeling was expressed by Leonito M. Gaveria, OIC Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II as he reiterated the inspiring news to the Provincial Agrarian Reform Coordinating Committee (PARCCOM) in Sorsogon.
ITeMA is a tool used by DAR in determining the level of development of the Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Organizations (ARBOs). It has six (6) major indicators: organizational management; resource management; social enterprise operations; financial performance; alliance building and sustainability; and environmental and social responsibility.
There is another reason for DAR and SAFADECO (Salvacion Farmers’ Development Cooperative) to rejoice, that is, a year after the launching of their satellite office in Irosin, the cooperative celebrated the satellite’s first anniversary meaningfully by applying the seventh Cooperative Principle which is Concern for Community. SAFADECO with the help of Hon. Deogracias “Ding” Ramos, Mayor Pidoy Cielo and Gov. Roberto “Bobet” Rodrigueza, sponsored Health Awareness Campaign in Irosin, Sorsogon on July 23, 2016. Dr. Michael Galan and Dr. Helen Teves; the Rural Health Unit; and the Barangay Health Workers supported their action by volunteering their time and effort. Twenty-eight (28) members, forty-two (42) member-households and twelve (12) non-members from Irosin, Juban, Bulan and Sorsogon City were benefited of this activity. ###
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