Thus hailed Dr. Irineo Alvaro, president of BB International, of the novel program opening job opportunities to deaf at the five-star Midori Clark Hotel and Casino, a subsidiary of BBI.
Spearheaded by the Department of Tourism Region 3 office in cooperation with the Angeles City Deaf Association, the program dubbed “A Different Language of Service” initially covered 23 deaf individuals provided with skills training at the Systems Plus College.
Past the classroom phase, the trainees will undergo their on-the-job training at the Midori Hotel from Jan. 30 to the end of March, assigned to housekeeping, stewarding and gardening tasks.
Just like the regular hotel employees, the trainees will undergo performance evaluation with the top three or five among them shall be hired as regular employees.
For tourism director Ronnie Tiotuico, the program is “yet another stride in the empowerment of the differently-abled to contribute their share to society.”
“This is a recognition of an innate ability in them, notwithstanding their hearing impairment,” Tiotuico said, citing a quote of John Milton: “They also serve those who just stand and wait.”
A memorandum of agreement was signed last Tuesday to define responsibilities among Midori Hotel, ACDA and DOT 3 and signal the implementation of the program.
