OLONGAPO CITY (PIA) — Residents of Olongapo City and a transport service multi-purpose cooperative benefit from the P2.5 million worth of livelihood assistance from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Zambales.
The aid, under the DOLE Integrated Livelihood Program (DILP), aims to help accredited co-partners procure raw materials and equipment to improve start-ups, small businesses, and cooperatives.
DOLE Provincial Director Reynante Lugtu said the city government of Olongapo received P1.5 million for the procurement of starter kits to help about 58 beneficiaries start their own business.
“Recipients include welders and dress making trainees,” he said.
Moreover, DOLE awarded P1 million worth of auto supplies and rice retailing to the Olongapo Subic Castillejos San Marcelino Transport Service Multi-Purpose Cooperative.
DILP aims to restore livelihoods and provide immediate social protection to vulnerable, unemployed, underemployed, and displaced workers, and survivors of calamities. (CLJD/RGP-PIA 3)
