Mindanaotoday.com | DOLE-10 Camiguin assists parents of child laborers through P194K livelihood projects
MAMBAJAO, CAMIGUIN – The Department of Labor and Employment-10 (DOLE-10) Camiguin Provincial Field Office (Cam PFO) headed by Chief Arlyn Bael, in partnership with the municipal government of Sagay under the supervision of Mayor Richard Uayan, together with the Reynardo Pabatao, Public Employment Service Office (PESO) manager, released 14 individual projects under the DOLE Integrated Livelihood Program (DILP) worth of P194, 000.00 for the Parents of Child Laborers (PCL) at the municipal gym in Barangay Poblacion, Sagay, this province, on Feb. 9.
The said projects are 13 sari-sari stores and a rice retailing. The PCL beneficiaries were profiled and endorsed under the Child Labor Prevention and Elimination Program that enable them to prevent any child that may be prone to accidental activities through engagement of work and can be a hinder to their health and educational development.
Meanwhile, Uayan said, “We are grateful here in Sagay that you have been given assistance through this Livelihood Program. I hope the beneficiaries will not take this opportunity for granted to help them improve your living through the projects given from DOLE.”
For his part, Bael said: “As the PCL beneficiaries you are responsible to take good care of your children, they should be filled with care, love and provide them education to learn. Just like your children, you are also responsible to take good care of the projects given to you, nurture and develop your business so that it will help you provide your future needs.”
Wendelin Babaison, 71, from Barangay Bonbon, is one of the beneficiaries in which her grandsons ages 10 and 16 years old were profiled due to engaging work by selling street foods near the road which is prone to accidents.
“I’m very thankful for this livelihood, it’s a big help for our living because we now have business that can give us daily income that could support the educational needs of my grandsons. Thank you so much DOLE and to Mayor Uayan for supporting us to be part of this program,” Babaison said.
DILP or Kabuhayan Program is the DOLE’s contribution to the government’s agenda of inclusive growth through massive job generation and substantial poverty reduction.
It seeks to reduce the vulnerability 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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