Mindanaotoday.com | Misamisnon receives P500K worth of DILP project
MISAMIS ORIENTAL – The Department of Labor and Employment-10 (DOLE-10) Misamis Oriental Provincial Field Office (Mis. Or PFO) headed by Provincial Director Jose Errol Natividad with Claveria Mayor Meraluna Abrogar, PESO Manager Carol Ovillo and Accredited Co-Partner (ACP) President Sarido Madrid of Interfaith International in partnership with the local government unit turned over tri-cab motor parts worth over P500,000.00 to 50 members of Asosasyon sa Malambuong Mag-uuma sa Claveria (AMMC) members at Claveria municipal hall, this province on March 14.
Natividad in his message encouraged the members of AMMC to strive and work hard to succeed in their ventures and highlights that through DILP, the association can avail for enhancement in the future.
The beneficiaries were awarded by the DOLE with livelihood assistance in the form of raw materials, tools, jigs, and equipment; complemented by training cum production and skills training and upgrading to equip them in pursuing for their income-generating and job-creating business undertakings in their localities.
“We now move in providing more worker-groups with productivity improvement services to enhance the enterprises’ competitiveness. Through the DOLE’s convergence with other partner agencies, we will provide them appropriate training and consultancy services on skills, business planning, decision making, and project development and management,” Natividad explained.
AMMC President Nathaniel Sotto acknowledged and thanked DOLE’s efforts.
“We are grateful to DOLE for giving our group of farmers a chance to improve and help each family. The association will do its best to maintain the livelihood project given to them to be able to help others,” Sotto said.
DILP or Kabuhayan Program is the DOLE’s contribution to the governments’ agenda of inclusive growth through massive job generation and substantial poverty reduction.
It seeks to reduce the vulnerability to risks of the poor, vulnerable and marginalized workers by providing them access to a grant assistance for capacity-building on livelihood ventures either for individual or group undertakings. (DOLE-10)
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