Manila, March 11 -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will pilot in Antique a convergence program composed of the Risk Resiliency Program (RRP) and the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) this year.

"We want (RRP) to have a partnership with the SLP for sustainability," DSWD 6 (Western Visayas) Project Development Officer III Joy Ann Catherine Salbibia said during the forum cum consultation meeting and orientation at the Hotel Kinaray-a in San Jose de Buenavista Tuesday.

Salbibia, in an interview, said they hope to produce empowered beneficiaries as they would undergo training on business concepts, such as financial literacy and marketing under the SLP.

"We are still having initial discussions for the convergence ...