Mindanaotoday.com | Mahinog market vendors gets P150K worth of livelihood project
MAMBAJAO, CAMIGUIN – The Department of Labor and Employment-10 (DOLE-10) Camiguin Provincial Field Office (CamPFO) headed by its Provincial Director Chief Arlyn Bael in partnership with the local government unit of Mahinog led by Rey Lawrence Tan turned over P150,000.00 worth of Rice Trading Project to Mahinog Public Market Vendor’s Association benefiting 28 market vendors at the Mahinog municipal lobby, this municipality, on March 10.
The activity was graced by the DOLE senior officials, Undersecretary Felipe Egargo Jr., Undersecretary Benjo Santos Benavidez, Assistant Secretary Lennard Constantine Serrano with Albert Gutib, DOLE-10 regional director.
Benavidez said, “We are grateful to the LGU who serves as a conduit to the resources from the national government to be given to those who are in need. We hope that it will help especially now that the economy is slowly bouncing back to normal since the pandemic. In behalf of Secretary Bienvenido E. Laguesma, we are truly grateful to all the people who help those who are in need. The Department is with you in reducing the poverty incidence.”
Vice Mayor Nerio Galochino, representing the mayor, said the project aims to help Mahinog Public Vendor’s Association to expand their source of income.
“Our warmest gratitude to DOLE for this program for it will support the beneficiaries to boost their economic activities thus empowering them as productive members of the society,” Galochino added.
DOLE Integrated Livelihood Program (DILP) or Kabuhayan Program is a flagship program of DOLE that provides grant assistance for capacity-building on livelihood and entrepreneurial ventures for vulnerable and marginalized workers.
Moreover, DILP specifically seeks to assist vulnerable workers such as the self-employed, landless farmers, unpaid family workers, displaced workers, parents of child laborers and low-wage seasonal workers. (DOLE-10)
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