Wednesday, December 28, 2016

DTI allocates PHP4.4 million for Tacloban relocation sites livelihood

TACLOBAN CITY, Dec. 27 (PNA) – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is setting aside PHP4.4 million for livelihood support to families moved to the city’s northern resettlement sites.

The assistance is listed as one of the DTI’s bottom up budgeting project for the city, said Faustino Gayas, Jr., DTI-Leyte chief of business development commission.

About half of the budget will finance the establishment of as search service facility meant to enhance food processing in relocation areas.

The facility will support local delicacies production, sewing jobs, car wash services and other in demand products and services.

“The remaining PHP2.4 million will then be allotted to our Yaman Pinoy project, which will focus also in enhancing the food processing, packaging and labeling,” Gayas added.

Yaman Pinoy is the trade department’s skills enhancement program for the jobless. For this city, specific activities are livelihood and entrepreneurial development trainings and provision of livelihood kits.

“These kits will be emanated from the business plans that they will make. We don’t know yet as to how many because the beneficiaries who will enrol, will be the one to determine it,” Gayas said.

The project will be carried out next year to support the Tacloban north integrated development plan. (PNA)
lam/SQM/Maria Eden Mae T. Terceño (OJT)


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