Category Archives: Lugait

Holcim Butterfly Enclosure


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Holcim Philippines’ Lugait plant in Misamis Oriental established a butterfly garden in September 2007. The garden is not only an ecological asset, it provides livelihood opportunities for the local community.

In our Lugait plant, you will be surprised to see a butterfly garden. It is said that butterflies not only help enhance biodiversity, but they are also a barometer of a healthy environment.
Today, our Lugait plant is considered an industrial ecotourism center. Students, and even tourists visit our plant because of this, and our herbal garden and orchidarium.
Through our nursery operations, we have been able to propagate endemic species for our reforestation program.
Reforestation has been implemented in 61.64 hectares, with an 89.60% survival rate of trees planted. (Source)


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Bird Condominium, Orchidarium, Herbal plant nursery  and Forest nursery are also to be found at the Holcim plant….

Bird Condominium at Holcim
Condominium building for the different species of birds.

 

Orchidarium at Holcim

 

Herbal plant nursery at Holcim

 

Forest nursery at Holcim

Note: There is some kind of dress code for visiting Holcim plant.
Think it involves shoes and long pants, but we will follow up on this.

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Livelihood Display Center

LIVELIHOOD
Existing livelihood programs include projects on t-shirt making, calamansi juice processing, rag making, Nito weaving (placemats, fruit trays, baskets, etc.), Flecon bag making, and bibingka making. The calamansi juice, t-shirt and bibingka projects are located on a lot with a fairly modern building donated by Holcim to the community.

Sweet Taste of Self-Sufficiency

Calamansi juice is never as good as the one served at the Lugait plant, especially when one learns the success story behind the squeeze.
The story begins much like other livelihood programs initiated by companies for their host communities. But what makes it worth telling is how this program has transformed homemakers into confident entrepreneurs who now run a sustainable, income-generating business.
Back in 2005, the Food Processing Committee of the Lugait Rural Improvement Club – an organization that Holcim had helped form – was doing an after-action review of its livelihood project. The 18 women who were involved in the project realized that chorizo and frozen bangus were not the way to go in their market. These
were women whose husbands were tricycle drivers, carpenters or without jobs, and they needed a livelihood source to help augment
their family income.

Holcim had tapped the Department of Agriculture as project partner and, in that meeting, the department’s representative
suggested that the group consider calamansi juice processing. He explained that the women could easily skill up for the project and costs would be minimal.
The women agreed, and Holcim moved quickly to train them in juice processing all the way to packaging. They were also provided with seed fund to cover the ingredients, packaging, and basic equipment.  Then, we identified a farm that could supply calamansi at farm gate price.  Soon enough, our training and livelihood center became a “factory.”  And so began the daily grind of squeezing, mixing, bottling, and labeling. All this was done manually, without preservatives or
even a juice extractor. A small refrigerator served to store the initial stocks.  As simple as it was, everything was done under extreme sanitary conditions.
In the first two years, the bottles sold in trickles. One of the first satisfied customers was the Holcim Lugait plant canteen concessionaire, who was pleasantly surprised to discover that the juice could keep fresh for up to two weeks without refrigeration.
Continuous training in marketing skills gave the women courage and confidence to go out and bring in more orders. Soon enough, they found themselves working longer to meet demand of 100 bottles and more.  Word spread and the women had to add eight more members to help meet the increasing demand.  Today, their
customers span big industrial companies, small business and residents.  Orders are now being taken outside of their fence, from groceries and companies in Iligan City and Misamis Oriental.
Since they started commercial productions in 2008, the women have produced more than 100,000 bottles, giving them enough income to put food on their table three times a day and help send their children to school. Last year, the women were able to save up enough money to buy a new chiller to add to the two units earlier
given by Holcim.  They soon will hire an external auditor to ensure that their financial records are professionally maintained.
Holcim fully turned over the project in 2010, completing the women’s journey from homemakers to professional entrepreneurs.  That they are able to earn a good income gives them satisfaction. That they can keep this business sustainable gives them immense pride. (Source)

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Luga-hait Dance Festival

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March 16

Luga-hait Dance Festival – features a civic parade, street dancing, beauty contest and a contest on the interpretation of the history and the origin of the name of the town using the medium of dance and indigenous materials.

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Aya-Aya Waterfalls

Aya-Aya Waterfalls

 Aya-aya Falls is a multi-tiered alluring architecture of falling water uniting two barangays of the Municipality of Lugait. It’s water springs from Barangay Aya-aya cascading into 22 individual water falls ending it’s trail at Barangay Upper Talacogon. Travelers can enjoy the thrill of trekking and adventure climbing ascending to its peak, free diving to extreme plunging, a little fishing and boating in between steps or simply have a  picnic, relishing on the grace and character of the falling water, ultimately communing with nature.

“Twenty two cascading falls in one destination! This is Aya-aya Falls, just about 10 minutes away from Lugait’s municipal public market. “

“Trekking here all the way to the top was so tiring and very dangerous – rocky and slippery. It took over an hour to walk,  hop and glide but it was fun and rewarding. I had fear but I conquered it. (Source)

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Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage Church

Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage Church

 

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Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage Parish

Chapel Name Address Feast Day
Tamao Aya-aya, Lugait Mis.or Jan. 14
Licoan Biga, Lugait Mis. Or Jan. 15
Poblacion Poblacion, Lugait Mis. Or Jan. 24
Tigbao-o Lower Talacogon Jan. 26
Lagundangon Aya-aya, Lugait Mis.or Feb. 10
Biga Biga, Lugait Mis. Or Feb. 22
Mahayag Kaluknayan, lugait Mis. Or March 19
Taal Upper  Talacogon March 19
Calangahan II Calangahan, Lugait Mis. Or April 5
Licoan Biga, Lugait Mis. Or April 5
Baslag Family Masilakon II, Poblacion May 3
Tapdasan Family Mauswagon, Poblacion May 3
Kabo-kabo Upper Talacogon May 4
Kuyanapan Aya-aya, Lugait Mis. Or May 11
Calangahan I Calangahan, lugait Mis. Or May 13
Tangison kaluknayan, lugait Mis. Or May 15
Angcalon Lower talacogon May 15
Aya-aya Aya-aya, Lugait Mis. Or May 17
Linabo Aya-aya, Lugait Mis. Or May 18
A.Bonifacio Upper Talacogon June 24
Masilakon I Upper Talacogon June 29
Upper Talacogon Upper Talacogon Aug. 16
Lao-lao Aya-aya, Lugait Mis. Or Sept. 14
Macao Upper Talacogon Sept. 14
Lariosa Family Tigbao-o, Lower Talacogon Sept. 14
Kaluknayan Kaluknayan, Lugait Mis. Or Sept.24
Aya-aya Aya-aya, Lugait Mis. Or Sept. 26
Upper Talacogon Upper Talacogon Oct. 7
Betahon Betahon, lugait Mis. Or Oct. 13
Kuyanapan Aya-aya, lugait Mis. Or Nov. 10
Lower talacogon Lower Talacogon Dec. 8
Kaluknayan kaluknayan, Lugait Mis. Or Dec. 10
Agusto Family Salimbal, Poblacion Dec. 27

 

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