LEGAZPI CITY, May 17 -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Bicol (DSWD-5), through its Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP), has awarded seed capital funds to four new eligible cooperatives in Sorsogon province.

In a phone interview on Wednesday, Ram Joseph Zaragoza, DSWD-Bicol project development officer for SLP, said DSWD-Bicol awarded on Tuesday some PHP1.1 million to the cooperatives under the Zero Hunger Program of the DSWD.

"The groups are expected to engage in food production-related livelihood based on the approved proposals. The four associations' seed funds were given depending on the amount indicated in their projects. We will continue to monitor them, the incubation period what we call it, to ensure the sust...