Mindanaotoday.com | 315 Oro coastal, riverbank DILP beneficiaries train on sustainable livelihood management
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Department of Labor and Employment-10 (DOLE-10) Cagayan de Oro Field Office (CDO PFO) headed by its Provincial Director Chief Emmanuel G. Toledo, in partnership with DOLE Accredited Co-partner (ACP) Safer River, Life Saver Foundation Inc. (SRLSFI), conducted a two-day training on Simple Bookkeeping and Auditing, Simplified Accounting, Policy Making and Entrepreneurship Development for 113 individual and seven group project beneficiaries under the DOLE Integrated Livelihood Program (DILP) at the Liceo de Cagayan University AVR, Carmen, this city, on Feb. 15-16.
Present during the training were different organizations namely: Faith and Blind Hands Massage Association, Blank Avenue Coffee, Bonbon Fishing Operators and Fishermen Association (BOFOFA), Barangay Women Development Council, Mindanilla Homeowners Association, Habal-Habal/Tri-Cab Operators and Drivers Association and Asin ug Kahayag Livelihood Association and along with them were the 113 individual project beneficiaries.
There were invited speakers who shared their knowledge and expertise in the field of Business and Management. Dr. Farrah G. Maglangit, one of LDCU Faculty shared her knowledge on Basic Accounting, Auditing & Simplified Bookkeeping, Policy Making with SRLSFI Executive Director – Dr. Rosalina S. Huerbana and Entrepreneurship Development administered by Dr. Felsa A. Labis, current Dean of the LDCU School of Business Management and Accountancy. Series of workshops were facilitated after the lecture to gauge the participant’s retention on what was being discussed.
With a more enhanced approach in empowering the DILP beneficiaries, DOLE-10 CDO PFO and partner ACP firmly believes that the training is urgent and necessary not just helping Kagay-Anons through assisting individuals in starting their own business but to make sure that it is sustained, maintained and income generating through its course of operation in the hands of the beneficiaries.
The DOLE Integrated Livelihood Program is a livelihood and enterprise-focused program that provides employment and job opportunities through the business projects of its beneficiaries. The program aims for inclusivity as it has benefitted displaced workers, solo parents, persons with disabilities, disadvantaged women, and the youth among others. (DOLE-10)
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