| dc.description.abstract | The Covid-19 effects on businesses have resulted in the development of skills of SLP leaders. This qualitative study explores the experiences of the SLP leaders in one of the cities of Surigao del Sur, in handling and running their livelihood projects during the Covid-19 pandemic. Hence, it addresses the following problems: the experiences, challenges, coping strategies, and insights of the SLP leaders in handling SLP Projects during the pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected numerous small, micro, and medium enterprises, and their incomes have declined. Thus, some livelihood businesses are being forced to shut down. These SLP leaders encountered numerous obstacles, which could be seen in the themes. Using the phenomenological
approach, the SLP leaders experienced living with the responsibilities as a leader, appreciating the project’s benefits, and the presence of conflicts with members. In the SLP leaders’ challenges, they encountered financial difficulties, experienced limitations due to the pandemic, faced judgments and criticisms from members, dealt with uncooperative members, and confronted problems with responsibilities. In the SLP leaders’ coping strategies, they obtained the power of communication and acknowledged the help of patience and understanding, and in the SLP leaders’ insights, they dealt with their problems with the aid of patience and experience, the significance of cooperation, and the possible room for improvement. Furthermore, this study is substantial to the Social Work Practice as it yields the unfolding experiences of the SLP Leaders in one of the cities of Surigao del Sur, hence could induce a series of strategies to identify interventions for the betterment of the program. | en_US |
