MONITORING VISIT TO MINDANAO FARMERS and AWARDING OF EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE
July 13-15, 2016
On July 13-15, 2016, the PREDA ProFairTrade Project Officer-Mr. Donard Angeles and Sebastian Tolzin –a Volunteer from Germany conducted the quarterly Monitoring Visit to Davao mango farmers/growers. Highlights of the visit was the awarding educational Supplies to 92 students coming from 6 groups as follows:
| GROUP | ELEMENTARY | HIGH SCHOOL | TOTAL |
| BANAS 1 WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| UNITED WOMEN FARMERS ORG | 11 | 10 | 21 |
| BAYABAS GROUP | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| PANABO GROUP | 12 | 13 | 25 |
| KAPALONG-ASUNCION GROUP | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| STO. TOMAS GROUP | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| TOTAL | 40 | 52 | 92 |
Distribution of School Supply Package: composed of 1 pc bag, 8 notebooks, 2 ballpens & 2 pencils. Each student also received Php 150 for school uniform subsidy.
HAPPY CHILDREN and THEIR PARENTS
During the meeting, ProFairTrade Project Officer discussed the Fair Trade Principles while Sebastian Tolzin shared his insights about Preda, Fair Trade and the connection the consumer/buyers especially in Germany.
Below is the attendance of the meeting.
| FARMERS GROUP | DATE OF MEETING | NO. OF PARTICIPANTS |
| Banas 1 Womens Association | July 14, 2016 | 15 |
| United Womens Farmers Organization | July 14, 2016 | 21 |
| Bayabas Farmers Group | July 15, 2016 | 14 |
| Kapalong-Asuncion Farmers Group | July 13, 2016 | 17 |
| Panabo Mango Farmers | July 13, 2016 | 50 |
Monitoring of Mango Deliveries- Upon checking the yellow and green card, a total of 187,876 kilos was delivered by 24 farmers coming from 2 groups (covering the period February 29-July 16, 2016). Details are the following:
| GROUP | NO. OF FARMERS | NO. OF KILOS |
| PANABO FARMERS | 15 | 141,683 |
| KAPALONG | 9 | 46,193 |
| TOTAL | 24 | 187,876 |
Checking of Yellow and Green Card and also delivery with Kapalong Group (LEFT), Panabo Group (CENTER) and Profood Panabo buying station (RIGHT).
