PWDs avail SME Roving Academy’s technology demonstrations, specialized trainings of DTI

By Jennifer P. Gaitano

BUTUAN CITY, July 31 (PIA) – Some 35 persons with disabilities (PWDs) have attended a series of technology demonstrations and specialized trainings by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Caraga as the first enrolees under the agency’s Small and Medium Enterprise Roving Academy (SRA) program.

The three-part training is conducted in cooperation with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and San Miguel Mills, Inc.

The sessions include the following: 1) Skills Training on Baking (Black Forest Bread, Cheese Stick Bread, Sweet Savory Bread and Ube Loaf); 2) Product Pricing and Costing to allow participants to effectively compute the costs of their products and come up with the reasonable and competitive prices; and 3) Product Packaging and Labeling to teach participants the market trends in packaging and labeling that they can apply on their own products.

DTI-Caraga Regional Director Brielgo Pagaran, said the activity was also in support to the 35th National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation (NDPR) Week celebration this month of July with the theme “Building and Inclusive and Non-Handicapping Environment for Persons with Disabilities” which aims for the effective integration of PWDs into the mainstream of society.

The SRA is one of the flagship programs of the department, conceptualized to be a continuous learning program for the development of micro, small and medium enterprises to become competitive in the domestic and international (global) markets. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)