Community Extension Services Program

THE COMMUNITY EXTENSION SERVICES PROGRAM (CESP)

Based in San Fernando, La Union, Philippines, the CESP was established in May 1996 to establish and organize multi-level formations and alliances for returned migrant workers and their families, aimed at engaging the La Union local government, from the barangay until the provincial and regional levels, into recognizing its migrant workers as a distinct sector. The CESP establishes Structures of Care (SOCs) in La Union. Through direct community organizing, and building partnerships with existing government and non-government organizations, the CESP strengthens these SOCs to enable communities to resist human trafficking, illegal recruitment, and other adverse effects of migration at its roots.

Local Economy Development Project

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bannuar_san_isidro_fish_pond_projTHE LOCAL ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (LED)

In 2003, Kanlungan Centre Foundation, Inc. started its LED project in Naguilian, La Union, to help build the local economy of the municipality as an alternative to overseas employment. The LED project is continuing and expanding, with the help of the local government, micro-finance institutions, government line agencies, and enterprising migrant workers and their families.

Activities include: organizing OFW families, educating them on how to productively utilize savings and remittances, how to engage from traditional to non-traditional income-generating projects and establishment of enterprises that meet food security and are environment- friendly and sustainable.

The LED Project includes:

  1. Organizing OFWs and their families;
  2. Educating them on how to productively utilize their remittances and savings and converting these into small business;
  3. Engaging them in traditional and non-traditional income generating projects that meet their food security need, are environment-friendly, and sustainable.
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