DTI VI conducts Skills Training on Waste Recycling in Boracay Island

DTI VI, in partnership with the Iloilo City Government, conducts Skills Training on Waste Recycling at Café Francisco, E-Mall Malay in Boracay Island, Malay, Aklan on May 30 to June 1, 2018. A total of 45 participants were capacitated to turn recycled papers and doypacks/ juice packs into bags, jewelries/ paper beads and charcoal briquettes, giving them alternative source of income using available resources from the surroundings. The DTI has invited resource persons from the Iloilo City Government office through Ms. Salome Villamor of the General Services and from its assisted group, Uswag Calahunan Livelihood Association, Inc. DTI enjoins affected workers and MSMES to actively participate in the trainings, and to visit Negosyo Center Malay or the One - Stop Shop Operations Center at Eutotel Boracay for its upcoming trainings and support activities for the islanders.