LIVELIHOOD ASSISTANCE. Poblacion Pardo, Cebu City Barangay official Manolita Abarquez (third from left) receives from Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-7) Regional Director Salome Siaton a check amounting to PHP938,536 intended for 52 ambulant vendors who are beneficiaries of the DOLE Integrated Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program (DILEEP) in Central Visayas. Siaton said each vendor beneficiary can avail of the maximum grant amount of PHP20,000 to finance their small businesses under the Negosyo sa Kariton (Nego-Kart) concept. (PNA photo courtesy of DOLE-7)
CEBU CITY -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-7) in Central Visayas on Tuesday granted more than PHP900,000-worth of livelihood assistance to 52 ambulant vendors.
Salome Siaton, regional director of DOLE-7, said the vendors from Poblacion Pardo in this city have passed the screening to become beneficiaries of the DOLE Integrated Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program (DILEEP) in Central Visayas.
Through the program, each ambulant vendor can avail of the maximum grant amount of PHP20,000 to start with their small business through the Negosyo sa Kariton (Nego-Kart) concept.
The beneficiaries are provided with Livelihood Starter Kits (LSK) depending on the nature of their respective business models they availed through the “Kabuhayan” program of DOLE’s individual project category.
In a ceremony held at the Barangay Hall of Poblacion Pardo, Manolita Abarquez, chair of the barangay council, received from Siaton a check in the amount of PHP938,536 which will be divided among the 52 vendors.
Among the business enterprises the vendors proposed to DOLE-7 were carenderia (eatery), painitan (snack house), egg selling, food retailing, dried fish vending, rice selling, roasted chicken and pork selling, and rag-making.
Record also showed that some of the vendors would want to venture in automatic water machine, snacks vending, flower vending, kakanin (delicacy) selling and home-made delicacies making, among others.
The barangay council of Poblacion Pardo, in close coordination with DOLE-7, will be monitoring, supervising, and evaluating the businesses of the beneficiaries.
“The council will serve as the DOLE’s partner in the implementation of the projects. They will see to it that the canvassing and procurement of materials, goods, and jigs needed for each project are put in place,” Siaton said in a statement sent to Philippine News Agency.
She also reminded Abarquez that the barangay needs to liquidate the funds to be submitted every quarter to the agency. (PNA)
