PCCI launches livelihood project
The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) with the Children’s First 1,000 Days Coalition as partner, has launched the ‘Karunungang Pangkabuhayang Pangkababaihan’ livelihood project to provide training to 100 stay-at-home mothers on the basics of haircutting and styling and to equip them with additional skills and employment opportunities in Bagong Silang, Caloocan City. PCCI president Enunina Mangio (seated, left) and former senator and Manila Hotel president Joey Lina (seated, right), also the national chair of the Children’s First 1,000 Days Coalition, signing a memorandum of understanding during the launch.The event is also in partnership with Sustainable Development Goals, Alay Buhay, Gawad Kalinga, Jollibee, Coolaire, Reyes Haircutters, among others. Joining Mangio and Lina are (from left, back row) Dr. Erjan Malimban of Alay Buhay Foundation; PCCI officers Delia Jimenez, CSR committee; Soc Bautista, membership committee; Maie Cayanan, AVP North Luzon; Joel Tugade, SDG and PR committees; honorary chair and treasurer Sergio Ortiz Luis Jr., VP international affairs and 50th PBC&E chair Jude Aguilar; VP regional affairs Ma. Alegria Sibal Limjoco; Butch Guerrero, labor committee; Her Excellency Constance See, Ambassador of Singapore; Marielle Geraedts, Ambassador of The Netherlands; Hae Kyong Yu PSM, Ambassador of Australia; Marcela Ordoñez, Ambassador of Colombia; Marie Fontanel, Ambassador of France; Dato Abdul Malik Melvin Castelino, Ambassador of Malaysia; Hernan Delizo, AVP NCR and Reyes Hair Company International Inc. president and CEO Celestino Reyes.