Since year 2014, the Regional Haven (RH) has become a destination site for its productivity project. The provincial and local agricultural offices as well as the Visayas State University in Baybay, Leyte are partly instrumental in such a laudable venture. These entities brought in a number of groups – teachers and youths from different municipalities to look into this amazing backyard vegetable gardening, that now includes greenhouse farming. It is a sight to behold, with broccoli, cauliflower, bell peppers, tomatoes, spring onions, radish, bush beans, among others, in containers ! Being managed by some 11 women – residents, with support from the management of this DSWD facility headed by social worker, Luzvisminda Davis, the urban gardening has enabled them to earn a total of Php24, 000.00 last year. Said Manpower Development Assistant Marissa Nartea, the income was equally shared among them, while a standby fund was set aside for garden inputs. One woman – resident from the neighborhood in Pawing, Palo was discharged late last year and is one of the regulars come harvest time. She gets income from selling the produce on top of sewing, a skill she learned from the Center. The beauty of this endeavor is that no less than the Center buys these vegetables for use in its home life services. This center has a 25 – bed capacity, open for women who are abused, neglected, exploited like victims of forced prostitution and incest. The RH is their temporary refuge where they are being prepared emotionally, spiritually, socially, and economically for their eventual return to society. For this year, Davis bared that the RH had preliminary arrangements with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) for a skills training on aquaculture. This time, it would be tilapia production in barrels, right in the Center’s backyard.