The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)- Regional Office and DILG Mandaue City successfully launched the AMUMA sa Barangay program in Barangay Cambaro, Mandaue City on Monday, May 29, 2023.
DILG Mandaue City Director Johnjoan Mende and Barangay Cambaro Punong Barangay Hon. Maria Celma Sanchez graced the ceremonial turnover of the Amuma Kit for the identified beneficiaries.
Also present were Amuma City Focal LGOO II Reymund Cuizon, Amuma Regional Focal IO I Charles Albert Caayaman, AO I Ruel Evangelista, and Ms. Anie Aribal.
A total of 25 members of Cambaro Women’s Network (CaWNet) benefited from the said program.
Derived from the Cebuano word “Amuma” which means “to nourish, to take care of”, the Amuma program is a brainchild project of DILG-7 Regional Director Leocadio Trovela, that aims to contribute to sustaining development-oriented local government and communities through the provision of technical assistance to local governments thereby capacitating them in nurturing their constituents, particularly the women sector to be self-reliant and independent and inculcating the importance of savings and good financial management.
