by Franklin P. Gumapon
DIPOLOG CITY, Feb. 4 (PIA) - To equip them with the knowledge and skills in food processing and sewing, some 300 housewives from this city have recently completed a livelihood training conducted by the city government’s Livelihood Skills Development and Enhancement Center (LSDEC).
LSDEC head Angelita Collyer disclosed that the participants were unemployed mothers who need to engage in some livelihoods to help augment their family income.
These housewives enrolled in short-term courses on food processing, sewing, good manufacturing practice and basic management training.
In food processing, they were taught how to make bottled sardines, alamang or bagoong. Those who enrolled in sewing, they were also taught how to make undergarments, bags and caps with trainers coming from the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA).
Representatives from the national government agencies (NGAs) and private organizations attended the closing program held the other day at LSDEC in barangay Galas of this city. These agencies include the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Department of Science and Technology (DOST), TESDA, Zamboanga del Norte Federation Parents Association (ZNFEPA), TVI Resource Development (Phils.) and Regional Fisheries Livelihood Programme (RFLP).
Mayor Evelyn Uy and Zamboanga del Norte second district representative Rosendo S. Labadlabad also attended the activity.
It can be recalled that both Mayor Uy and Congressman Labadlabad have been conferred the “Kabalikat Awards” by TESDA in recognition of their unwavering support to the agency’s program in promoting livelihood and skills training for the marginalized sector in the community. (FPG/PIA-Zamboanga del Norte)