Being in the twilight of their lives, the Senior Citizens still need to optimize their potentials and access all available services and opportunities and be able to address their day to day challenges. One of its means is supporting them to engage in a worthwhile activity which can also augment their income such as meat processing.

In this three-day training, the participants appreciated the lecture about gender and development, especially the VAWC because some of them are members of “lupon” and councilors of barangay. Moreover, the participants said that although they are old, but it does not hinder them to actively participate in meat processing. The participants were able to process meat such as ham, embutido, tocino, longganisa and pork tapa. Some of the recipes were cooked during the training so that they can have a taste of what they have prepared. According to them, they will make these at home because it's so easy to prepare and they can assure its safety and cleanliness. At the end of the training, the participants took home their outputs and they were also given measuring cups and spoons as starter kits for their endeavor.

“Ito po ay hindi po namin ito malilimutan hanggang kami ay patuloy na tumanda. Ang mga natutunan naming mga matatanda ay dala namin at maiibahagi pa namin sa aming mga kasama. Maraming salamat po at binigyan nyo po kami ng maraming kaalaman tungkol dito at hindi na lang kami bibili sa market kung matyaga lang kami na gagawa. Ito po ay isang alaala na hindi makakalimutan nating mga grupo natin dito sa Narra. At isa pa po na masasabi ko, pag-uwi ko po sa bahay ay natuwa po ako sapagkat ako ay nag-aalaga ng biyenan ko na may edad na 96 years old. Yung dinala ko na embutido, ang 96 years old na nanay ko ay tuwang tuwa sa ginawa nating embutido. Sabi saken ay kung saan galing ito. Ipinaliwanag ko sa kanya na ito po ang pinaghirapan namin sa pag-attend ko ng seminar. Ito po ang dahilan kung bakit iniwan ko po kayo para magseminar ng food processing at VAWC. Pero, masayang-masaya sya na natikman nya yung embutido,” Myrna dela Gente, Senior Citizen in Narra, Palawan.

Training on GMP for Meat Processors in support to GAD was held on May 22-24, 2018 in Narra, Palawan with 37 participants composed mostly with Senior Citizens.