LIGAO CITY – Members of the Women Planters, a farmers’ group in the towns of Oas, Polangui, Libon, Pio Duran, Jovellar and Guinobatan in Albay province have simultaneously harvested several sacks of kamote (sweet potato) which will be donated to residents of Batangas displaced by Taal Volcano’s eruption.
Women planters in Albay province harvest sweet potatoes (kamote) which will be donated to families displaced by the recent eruption of Taal Volcano in Batangas. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Albay 3rd District Rep. Fernando Cabredo said the women planters will personally deliver their harvest to evacuees from Agoncillo town, which lies within the 7-kilometer danger zone.
Cabredo said the women will also deliver sweet potatoes to houses of families affected by Taal Volcano eruption in areas outside the hazard zone.
He said the women planters, who were also displaced by Mt. Mayon’s recent eruptions, will travel to Batangas on Tuesday and narrate to the evacuees their experiences and inspire them to be resilient, persevere in the face of trials and adversities.