The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said Monday, Nov. 15, that over 7,000 decommissioned combatants of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will receive livelihood settlement grants (LSG) this month.
The DSWD said it remains committed to the government’s implementation of the Normalization Program for the decommissioned MILF combatants.
“For 2021, a total of 7,200 MILF decommissioned combatants are set to receive Livelihood Settlement Grants this November,” it said in a statement on Monday.
The LSG may be used as seed capital to start a micro-enterprise or to purchase starter kits for the re-establishment of damaged livelihoods.
It is part of the socio-economic program component provided for under Executive Order (EO) No. 79 signed in March 2019.
The EO 79 focuses on the normalization track of the Comprehensive Agreement on Bangsamoro (CAB), the final peace agreement signed between the government and the MILF. It seeks to reintegrate decommissioned MILF combatants into mainstream society through the provision of livelihood and other appropriate programs and services.
“In furtherance of the government’s commitments in the 1976 Tripoli Agreement, the Department will also partake in the provision of assistance to the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) through the MNLF Transformation Program.”