The PRRM Years...at the Cooperatives Deparment

My assignment in Calibutbut to continue on the work of the late Vic Lucas was quite a challenge. Vic was well-loved by the people of Calibutbut. The whole community mourned his death and the people felt that as a community worker he was irreplaceable.

While I was still in Candating, Arayat Vic and I were under the Pampanga Team under Felix Lamug. I had occasions to visit him in his barrio. So I had an idea on how he operated and dealt with the people.

I concentrated on one project he had started and one aspect of rural development that I intended to specialize on - credit union and cooperatives. I challenged the people that they should keep the memory of Vic Lucas live on by continuing on his project and become his legacy to the people of Calibutbut...the organization of the credit union. The Calibutbut Credit Union was organized and registered with the Cooperatives Administration Office(CAO)in late 1969.

I was taken by the Cooperatives Department of PRRM under Roger Banas in the later part of 1969 as an RRW detailed in cooperatives to augment the deparment's staff.

Resource speaker during FES coop education seminar...March 12-29,1972