Davao de Oro — Some 67 indigenous peoples (IPs) from Brgy. Panangan, Maco and Barangay Awao, Monkayo in this province have graduated and received certificates for completing Training Cum Production on Toddy Tapping under Community-Based Training Program given by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) last week.
The implementation of community-based skills training program is dubbed in Executive Order No. 70 under Poverty Reduction, Livelihood, and Employment Cluster (PRLEC) which aims to capacitate trainees economically in their own ancestral domain and geared into a competitive and productive individual.
Jasmin J. Neri, Provincial Director of TESDA-Davao de Oro, congratulated the graduates and thanked them for finishing the courses. “Ang gobyerno naningkamot nga mahatagan ug serbisyong dikalidad dili lang kay sa dug-ol nga dapit apan lakip usab sa pinakalayo nga area dria sa probinsya. Malipayon ako nga nakitang naka graduate mo niining toddy tapping nga programa ug nanghinaot ko nga daghan kamug production nga mabuhat aron madala natu kini sa market arun moangat kanunay ug mulambo ang inyung sitwasyon sa kinabuhi,” Neri said.
Ruel O. Cayao, Toddy Tapping Trainee and Purok Chairman expressed gratitude for granting his as one of the beneficiaries of the said program.
“Mapasalamaton kami diin nadungagan amuang kahibalo nga magamit namu sa amuang panginabuhian. Sa akung mga kauban maningkamot ta nga maka produce ta sa atuang nakat-onan karun kay mao nani siya ang atuang gitawag nga paglaom nga makatabang sa atuang matag-usa ka pamilya,” Cayao added.
The program was initiated by TESDA-Davao de Oro in partnership and coordination with Davao National Agricultural School (DNAS), national government, and local government units.
Meanwhile, TESDA-DdO turnover 92 container gallons, 50 washable face masks, 1PH meter, 1 wall clock, and 10 Mahogany seedlings donated by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). (Rheafe Hortizano-PAO ID, Photo by TESDA-DdO)