DTI TRAINED 28 WOMEN OF SAN AGUSTIN ON BANANA CHIPS MAKING
An entrepreneurial skills and alternative livelihood trainingHelping
People Avail Government Skills Trainings
INTEX-Mindoro NÃckel Project
Martiniano G. Regis
CREDO, Sablayan, Occidental,
May 24, 2010.
A day skills training on banana products diversification and good manufacturing practices for Sweetened Banana Chips, Salted Banana Chips and Banana Catsup was conducted on May 24, 2010 by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to the Manamlay Womens Association for Development Inc (MAWADI) of San Agustin, Sablayan (sector member of ALAS-KA), with 28 memberships.
The DTI technical expertise and services was accessed by Martiniano Regis as part of his/Intex-CREDO 2010 program on social preparation and capability building of the community/sectors in Barangay San Agustin.
San Agustin is one of the three host Barangays of the mining tenement of Mindoro Nickel Project (Pag-asa and Villa Cerveza are the other two host barangays). The Barangay LGU of San Agustin already had their resolution supporting MNP.
The DTI technical personnel of San Jose, Occidental Mindoro who conducted the training were Ms. Maritess Q. Cuevas and Ms. Divina E. Labalan. The DTI emphasized that the important things along with the technical knowledge in banana products making are cleanliness (facilities, tools, materials and person), safety and product freshness.
The training venue is in-situ, at the staff house of the Intex at San Agustin.The trainers effectively transferred the technology of making quality banana chips and banana catsup via technical instructions, demonstration and actual making by the pax themselves. The women’s organization of San Agustin had already made banana chips with there own ideas at some drawbacks. The production process and the quality of products are now improved with the ideas and technology from DTI. Their next step to proceed with their small scale entrepreneur is market study (to include packaging and product name).The markets they are targeting are Sablayan, Batangas and Manila. Their products will be displayed and sold initially in the MAWADI Consumer store at San Agustin, Sablayan.
The training was supported by Intex-MNP as part of the social preparations of the Mindoro Nickel Project. The activity fulfills one of the objectives of the corporate social responsibility of the Intex Resources Philippines Inc., and the portion of section 134-136 of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (R.A.) 7942, the Philippine Mining Act of 1995, i.e., community development to include skills training, alternative and sustainable livelihood.
Pictures/Documentations next pages
The Training Design was prepared by Evelyn Lopez at Martin’s instruction (a need in budget allocation).
Docmuent Report Prepared for:
Martiniano G. Regis
Andy O. Pestano
Joel P. Ompoc
Atty. Leo Cleto Gamolo
Report Document Prepared by:
Pedro P. Paqueo Jr.
For Community IEC, training
sand Social Preparations Activities
Community Relations and Development
ATTENDANCE, PICTURES AND DOCUMENTATION (next pages)
The DTI Team at work (Ms. Maritess Q. Cuevas and Ms. Divina E. Labalan) and the Womens Organization (ALAS-KA Affiliate) of San Agustin.
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