DTI provides livelihood starter kits to rebel returnees in Aurora
BALER, Aurora -About 21 rebel re turnees in Aurora received livelihood starter kits from Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
“Un d er our Pangkabuhayan para sa Pagbangon at Ginhawa program, beneficiaries received broiler chicks, feeds, vegetable seedlings, fertilizers and other starter materials to start their new livelihood outside of insurgency,” DTI Provincial Director Edna Dizon discl osed .
“Livelihood activities that returnees chose include Gulayan plantation or vegetable gardening, balut, manukan and eloading. A total of PhP110,000 worth of materials were distributed for these,” Dizon added.
Aside from the starter kits, DTI also supports the End Local Communist Armed Conflict initiative of the government through capacity building programs and orientation on the services of the agency to help beneficiaries return to the mainstream of society.
In 2019, DTI offices in Central Luzon assisted a total of 1,806 beneficiaries in the countryside of Aurora, Nueva Ecija, Bulacan and Zam bal es.
The beneficiaries were given training on the Basics of entrepreneurship, Food safety, Halal Certification, How to register a Business, How to register as a BMBE and other relevant livelihood t opi cs.
They were also assisted in registering their business names and oriented on the services of the Negosyo Center in
their localities.
(Carlo Lorenzo J. Datu/ PIA 3)