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DOLE gives Cebu multicab drivers livelihood project
- Source: http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/dole-gives-cebu-multicab-drivers-livelihood-project/
- Monday, July 31, 2017
- By Charles R. Pepito
A GROUP of multicab drivers in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu, now owns a service and spare-parts center after being given livelihood assistance by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
The center beneficiaries, members of the Basak Lapu-Lapu City Jeepney Operators and Drivers Association Inc., are now operational, selling spare parts and extending welding and vulcanizing services, among others, to customers.
During its recent turnover ceremony, director Lilia Estillore of the Tri-City Field Office (TCFO) of the DOLE, said beneficiaries received jigs, materials, equipment and various spare parts worth a total of P841,749.
The livelihood assistance came from the DOLE Integrated Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program (DILEEP). Total project cost, she added, reached more than P1 million since the group shelled out P213,894 as counterpart.
The service and spare-parts center is expected to benefit around 79 association members. Services will be extended to other multicab drivers and other private-car owners in the area.
“We’re hoping that with this project, association members will be able to augment their income. Unlike other service and spare-parts centers, theirs will be offering services and selling spare parts at affordable and reasonable prices,” Estillore said.
Estillore reminded beneficiaries to nurture and take good care of the center. The DOLE, she said, is hoping such community enterprise would go a long way to become sustainable eventually.
Fernando Lopez, DOLE-TCFO Livelihood focal, said as an offshoot of the project, three individuals just landed jobs, closely monitoring and taking charge of the center’s production, marketing and finance.
The Livelihood or Kabuhayan Program, a component of the DILEEP, aims to contribute to poverty reduction and reduce the vulnerability to risks of poor and marginalized workers.