The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)-Benguet and its partners energized 60 households through project SILAW (Solar installation Among Locals to Advance their Welfare) in remote sitios in Benguet province on October 08, 2020.
In Sitio Mocgaw, Badeo, Kibungan, one of the identified barangays in Benguet and considered the most isolated and depressed area that can be reached via Santol, La Union by foot in 3 hours while 6 hours via Kibungan, Benguet, 15 households benefited from the project.
The 8-day skills training enabled the participants to acquire the competencies on Solar Installation with the objective of providing them with a source of electricity in their respective houses.
Recently, another 45 households were energized in Sitio Anjafat, Ambongdolan, Tublay; Sitio Toplac, Pudong, Kapangan and Sitio Ibarangat-Lusod, Kabayan.
“The implementation of the Project “SILAW” is under the Poverty Reduction Livelihood Employment Cluster (PRLEC) in the Geographically Isolated and Depressed Areas (GIDA) TESDA as the chair and depicting its call “TESDA Abot Lahat” by extending its services in secluded areas in the Province of Benguet,” Provincial Director of TESDA Benguet Vilma C. Cabrera said
The energization of these areas was timely for the start of the blended learning this school year.
The participants also expressed their gratitude to TESDA for the opportunity to be trained and be provided with this basic necessity. The said training was funded by the scholarship program of TESDA through the support of TESDA-CAR Regional Director Manuel B. Wong.
The different government offices like LGU, DTI, DOLE, DOST, DSWD, PNP, AFP, DPWH, and the NCIP partnered with TESDA for the successful implementation of the projects.
(OIC Joe Manzano, RPN DZBS Baguio | Stephanie Nicole Peligman)