Koronadal market fire victims receive ‘Kabuhayan’ starter kits
At least 101 market fire-affected occupants in the city have received the second batch of livelihood starter kits from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) this Friday, June 26.
These beneficiaries were victims of a fire that gutted this city’s public market last October 2017. DOLE, through the Public Employment Service Office (PESO), has provided a variety of complete livelihood set of equipment worth P1.4 million in total.
Based on the PESO list, the project is a package consists of entrepreneurial services that will enable the market vendors to recover from loses significantly, which includes: carinderia business; baking, welding and car wash services; food processing, dressmaking, furniture making and vegetable gardening.
In an interview with PESO Manager Bernardo Taperla, the office will conduct monthly monitoring of grantees to assess how they manage their businesses into viable and sustainable enterprises.
“PESO office will provide everything, but we have our monthly monitoring kung kumusta na ang binigay sa kanila. Para at least malaman namin kung ano pa yung intervention na pwedeng ibigay for improvement,” Taperla said.
The ‘Kabuhayan’ Starter Kit is a DOLE assisted livelihood project in partnership with the Local Government Unit (LGU) which aims to uplift the socio-economic well-being of the beneficiaries and their families in a desirable state that is enough to sustain their daily needs.