TWENTY-SEVEN differently-abled persons (DAP) finished their skills training on cellphone repair conducted by the Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA), Provincial Director Eulalio Lumactod disclosed.
The culmination program was held at the AEC and attended by the learners, who are also members of the Zamboanga del Sur Federation of Differently-Abled Persons Incorporated (ZSFDAPI) headed by Benjamin Solivio as president.
Lumactod said the free training ran from July 6 to 28 and those who finished the instruction will be able to provide an economic breakthrough in uplifting their living condition.
“With the skills acquired, they will soon become entrepreneurs, start and finance their own business,” Lumactod said.
Solivio responded that the training made them “productive citizens in the community” while eliminating mendicancy among their ranks.
He added the grim reality among people with disabilities who would see their life miserably and just beg in the streets. “The training enabled us to live with dignity and it will provide a decent life for our family.”
“It is our desire to correct the impression and show the public that DAPs are part of the solution, not the problem,” Solivio added.
The Provincial Government, though the DWSD, Representatives Victor Yu and Antonio Cerilles and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), supported the said skills training.
Last year, TESDA conducted its free computer operation training to ZSFDAPI members who are at present working as data encoders in public offices.
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The culmination program was held at the AEC and attended by the learners, who are also members of the Zamboanga del Sur Federation of Differently-Abled Persons Incorporated (ZSFDAPI) headed by Benjamin Solivio as president.
Lumactod said the free training ran from July 6 to 28 and those who finished the instruction will be able to provide an economic breakthrough in uplifting their living condition.
“With the skills acquired, they will soon become entrepreneurs, start and finance their own business,” Lumactod said.
Solivio responded that the training made them “productive citizens in the community” while eliminating mendicancy among their ranks.
He added the grim reality among people with disabilities who would see their life miserably and just beg in the streets. “The training enabled us to live with dignity and it will provide a decent life for our family.”
“It is our desire to correct the impression and show the public that DAPs are part of the solution, not the problem,” Solivio added.
The Provincial Government, though the DWSD, Representatives Victor Yu and Antonio Cerilles and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), supported the said skills training.
Last year, TESDA conducted its free computer operation training to ZSFDAPI members who are at present working as data encoders in public offices.
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