DOLE CNPO Livelihood

15/12/2023

Empowering Daet's Parents to Break the Cycle of Child Labor! 🇵🇭
25 profiled parents of child laborers in Daet just received a powerful boost towards a brighter future! They participated in a comprehensive training program covering:

Business Management and Simple Bookkeeping: Equipping them with the skills to manage their Kabuhayan Starter Kits effectively and build sustainable businesses.
Gender and Development Orientation: Promoting gender equality and empowering them to make informed decisions for their families and communities.
This training is not just about handouts, it's about handing over the tools to build a better life. Through this program, these parents are gaining the knowledge and confidence to:

Break the cycle of child labor: By providing them with alternative income sources, they can keep their children in school and protect them from harmful work. ‍‍‍
Build thriving businesses: The training equips them with the skills to manage their Kabuhayan Starter Kits successfully and turn them into sustainable livelihoods.
Create a brighter future for their families: With improved economic opportunities, they can provide better education, healthcare, and overall well-being for their children.
This is just the beginning! We are excited to see these parents flourish and become role models for their communities. Let's celebrate their courage and commitment to building a better future for themselves and their children!

24/11/2022

15/11/2022

Project PEACE to scale up the lives of Citronella growers in CamNorte

Camarines Norte – Being an agricultural town of Camarines Norte with 70% land area, farming is one of the leading livelihoods of the people of Labo. Its major produce are coconut, pineapple and citronella grass.

Anita Flores, 56, has been growing and harvesting citronella grass for 30 years in the village of Canapawan in Labo town. She has been an active member of then association of Citronella farmers since 1991 until it became a registered cooperative – Kooperatiba ng Maliit na mga Magniniyog ng Barangay Kanapawan (KMMBK) in 2014.

With her earnings from the cooperative and his husband’s support as a sewer, the couple was able to send their children to college who are now professionals in their chosen careers.

To further improve the lives of Citronella growers like Flores, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Bicol, thru its Camarines Norte Provincial Office, awarded a livelihood enhancement project entitled, “Productivity Enhancement on Aromatic Citronella Extract – Project PEACE” amounting to P398,741 to KMMBK for the purchase of tools, equipment, and materials used in the processing of Citronella Oil and its by-products.

KMMBK is one of the Sustainable Livelihood Framework groups assisted by the Department to which the office has granted an oil extracting machine for their Citronella Oil venture in 2014.

Project PEACE is a pro-active approach by the Department to scale up their production and sales which proved to be truly advantageous to its 50 direct beneficiaries.

The enhancement project will fund the purchase of additional equipment and tools to expedite the production process without compromising the quality of Citronella Oil, Citronella Soap, Citronella Insect Repellant Lotion and Citronella Massage Oil as well as the safety of the workers. Moreover, sales are expected to increase as the market for said of the products continue to grow.

“Sana po mas makatulong pa ang pondong ito sa mga members ng cooperative at mapalago pa lalo ang inyong negosyo para makapagbigay ng trabaho at dagdag income sa mga member-beneficiaries,” Cherry B. Mosatalla, CNFO Head said during the awarding on Monday.

“Maraming salamat po sa tanggapan at pamunuan ng DOLE sa patuloy na pagsuporta sa aming kooperatiba. Malaking tulong po ang oil extracting machine na naibigay sa amin noong 2014 at malaking bagay po itong pondong ito para mga karagdagang equipment upang mas mapalago pa namin ang aming citronella oil production business,” GM De Vera said as he received the check.

The said beneficiaries were indeed tremendously grateful and committed to mak ethe project a success.

Right after the awarding of check, an orientation as regards the timely liquidation process was done. A copy of the Memorandum of Agreement was likewise handed over to the cooperative.

Regional Director Ma. Zenaida A. Angara-Campita said that with this kind of perseverance and commitment shown by the beneficiaries to sustain their livelihoods, the government is more grateful for the success of each member of the group and they indeed deserve the livelihood enhancement package from DOLE.
/with a report from Lovely Jane Asiao-Mabanglo/
For Release:

MA. ZENAIDA A. ANGARA-CAMPITA, CESO III
Regional Director

08/11/2022

12/10/2022

06/10/2022

Camarines Norte - In line with the Department of Labor and Employment’s (DOLE) aim to enhance and uplift the lives of Camnorteñeos, the DOLE-Camarines Norte Provincial Field Office, in partnership with the Provincial Government of Camarines provided Negokarts to selected ambulant vendors in Camarines Norte in answer to their request for vending cart to make their food selling business more profitable.

Thirty (30) beneficiaries from Daet and Basud who belong to the marginalized workers sector were given NegoKarts under the DOLE Integrated Livelihood Program (DILP) on Tuesday at the Agro Sports Center, Provincial Capitol, Daet, Camarines Norte.

Ms. Nida Tosoc, PESO Manager of PG-Camarines Norte said she is glad to award the Negokarts to 30 beneficiaries coming from Daet and Basud. She also stated that the Provincial Government of Camarines Norte is very thankful to DOLE for its unwavering assistance to the marginalized sector in the province.

DOLE Camarines Norte Officer-in-Charge, Ms. Cyre Cabredo, on her message, congratulated the 30 beneficiaries of the Negokart and acknowledged their roles as DOLE’s partners in fulfilling DOLE’s vison of providing employment.

“…microbusiness ang siyang kumakatawan sa karaminan o kaya 80% ng mga negosyo na nag ge-generate ng 60% ng employment sa Pilipinas, sa inyo nanggagaling ang mga employment natin dito sa bansa,” she stated.

With that, she encouraged the beneficiaries to enrich their livelihood not only to earn for their families but to revitalize the economy of the country.

Joining the DOLE was Ms. Anica Padilla, the Executive Secretary of the Provincial Governor. In her message on behalf of Governor Padilla, she thanked the DOLE for its contribution to the upliftment of livelihood in the province of Camarines Norte and congratulated the beneficiaries of the project wherein she said are lucky enough to be provided with negokart. She urged them to manage and grow their livelihood undertaking.

The beneficiaries are grateful of the assistance they have received.

“Napakaswerte ko po sa DOLE kasi nandito na, madadala ko na, matutupad ko na yung matagal na naming pangarap, hindi na ako magbibitbit ng nilalako ko at hindi na ako maglalakad, pangarap din ito ng anak-anakan ko na namatay sa aksidente noong nakaraang biyernes, sa totoo po ngayon ang libing niya , nagpaalam po ako sa kanya na hindi ko siya maihahatid sa huling pag-alis nya kasi pangarap nya ang negokart para sa aming pagtitinda na gusto nya siya ang magdadala pauwi” kaya masayang malungkot pero atleast nasa piling na siya ni Lord at ako magsisimula na sa makikipagsapalaran kaya maraming maraming salamat sa DOLE, sa PESO at sa lahat ng ahensya ng gobyerno na nagtulong-tulong para mangyari ang awarding na ito,”
Ms. Rosana Cuares, 59, from Bagasbas, Daet, Camarines Norte.

The event was successful as shown in the faces of beneficiaries and their expressions of gratefulness for receiving the livelihood grant from DOLE.
/With a report from Romel Francisco/



For Release:

MA. ZENAIDA A. ANGARA-CAMPITA, CESO III
Regional Director

04/10/2022