Mindanaotoday.com | DOLE, TESDA set to release P940K of livelihood to grads
MALAYBALAY CITY – Department of Labor and Employment-10 (DOLE-10) Bukidnon Provincial Field Office (BukPFO) and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) are set to release livelihood grants amounting to P940,000 to 47 TESDA graduates from Barangay Indalasa and Barangay Mapayag, Malaybalay City.
The activity is a convergence program of the DOLE Northern Mindanao thru Bukidnon PFO and TESDA Provincial Office to assist the families of TESDA graduates and promote self-employment.
The graduates who were equipped with Photovoltaic System Installation NCII and Small Engine Servicing NCII will receive P20,000.00 worth of tools, jigs and items in relation to their chosen course.
The beneficiaries have undergone their orientation for their livelihood grants on Feb. 27 in their respective barangays.
The livelihood assistance provided can be in the form of Negokart, starter kits, or materials needed to start a livelihood undertaking.
Albert E. Gutib, DOLE-10 regional director, urges the field offices to continue to implement other DOLE programs in partnership with other stakeholders.
He said that expanding partnerships with other stakeholders will facilitate speedy and effective implementation of livelihood projects.
Raul Valmores, DOLE-10 Bukidnon PFO chief, said part of DOLE’s Integrated Livelihood Program (DILP) wherein beneficiaries are provided with tools and necessary materials for their chosen livelihood projects that will fit the skills training they graduated.
John Simborios, TESDA Bukidnon chief, said their agency’s return to DOLE is an excellent opportunity to synergize the strengths of both agencies which will eventually address the perennial problem of skills-job mismatch.
He also said that both agencies would intensify the implementation of DILP so that skilled but underemployed workers earn a decent income through self-employment.
DOLE and TESDA continue to converge more projects, contribute to poverty reduction, and reduce the vulnerability to risks of the working poor, vulnerable, and marginalized workers through emergency employment and promotion of entrepreneurship and community enterprises.
DILP is a flagship program of the DOLE that aims to help marginalized groups such as self-employed workers who are unable to earn sufficient income, unpaid family workers, low-waged and seasonal workers, workers displaced or to be displaced, marginalized and landless farmers, marginalized fisher-folks, women and youth, persons with disability, senior citizens, indigenous peoples, victims of armed conflicts, rebel returnees, and parents of child laborers.
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