Mindanaotoday.com | DOLE-10 grants 5M livelihood projects to 315 Oro workers
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Covid-19 pandemic, climate change, and worldwide inflation have not only presented pressing issues, but also persisting challenges especially to those who are economically incapacitated.
As a government agency, the Department of Labor and Employment-10 (DOLE-10) continues to cushion the impacts of such circumstances through the DOLE Integrated Livelihood Program.
DOLE-10 Cagayan de Oro Field Office (CDOFO) turned over start-up kits worth P5,000,000.00 to 315 beneficiaries under the DOLE Accredited Co-Partner Safer River, Life Saver Foundation Inc. at various barangays, this city, on April 19-20.
Individual start-up kits worth P3,390,000.00 were turned over to 113 beneficiaries from Ultracraft, Macanhan, amounting to P30,000.00 each.
Livelihood projects of P1,610,000.00 worth of start-up kits were also turned over to seven group projects.
Reymar Namog, a 32-year old member of Barangay Bonbon LGBT organization, is one of the 113 beneficiaries who received an individual start-up kit on April 19, 2023.
Namog had prior experience in making and selling products but never had the chance to start his own business since he is also a displaced worker and could only earn enough to support his day-to-day expenses.
Luckily, he was able to find an opportunity through the department’s livelihood program. For Reymar, he believes that even if it took so long for him to finally put up his own business, he is still grateful to DOLE for the chance to support himself.
John Paul Libago, 28-year old pillow peddler, is also one of the beneficiaries who received a rice retailing/wholesaling business.
Libago became a beneficiary and is very thankful to DOLE for giving him a chance to put up his own livelihood means in order to sustain the needs of his family.
A group of 35 transport workers of the Habal-Habal Tricycle/Tricab Operators and Drivers Association (HTTOD) was also granted a livelihood project focused on Motor Parts and Services worth P110,000.00.
Prescillo Ferrer, president of their group, was very thankful to DOLE that such enterprise was granted to their group mainly due to reasons that transport workers can only earn so much in a day.
He added that they needed additional sources of income when operations are low.
With what they know best, the Motor Parts and Services business is not only profitable but also fitting as their members are knowledgeable and skillful in motor repairs and servicing.
Emmanuel G. Toledo, CDOFO provincial director, hopes that through the DOLE Integrated Livelihood Program these beneficiaries’ lives would improve and capable of providing for the needs of their respective families.
These beneficiaries all have hopes and dreams of having a stable and sustainable means of providing their own families.
Through the DOLE’s DILP, they are given the chance to improve their lives and be able to help others as well.
Toledo encourages and challenges them to maintain their livelihood projects through hard work, good entrepreneurial practices, and perseverance for its best effects to manifest – in forms of stable income, expansion of small businesses, and eventually generate more employment. (DOLE-10)
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