Tags: Agribusiness, Entrepreneurship, Livelihood Programs
By Anna Valmero
QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA— An agriculture training program is expected to benefit children of indigenous Mangyans and out-of-school youth in Oriental Mindoro.
The “Mangyoung Entrepinoys Organic Farming sa Mindoro” is spearheaded by the Salesian Sisters of St. Bosco, who have been operating the Mary Help of Christians School (Mindoro) Inc. in Barangay Parang, Calapan City.
The project has trained an average of 50 to 60 students per year since 2002. The Department of Agriculture (DA) has allotted P4.27 million for the program.
The fund will be used to continue the integrated formal and informal education program on organic farming and sustainable agriculture technologies for youth in the farm area.
Aside from hands-on farming chores such as growing rice, vegetables, cassava and fruit trees, the students likewise learn entrepreneurial skills and undergo on-the-job training in private and DA techno-demonstration farms.
The school has an existing tie-up with local government units in Mindoro, which sponsor half of the P20,000 tuition fee per student. The other half is shouldered by private individuals and groups as benefactors.
About 40 percent of out-of-school youth in Calapan City and Puerto Galera aged between 13- and 23-years-old usually work as helpers, vendors, porters, fishermen, or entertainers. Others are idle or help in household, farming, or fishing chores, said school director Phoebe Lacse.
Lacse said under their one-year program, graduates are required to share and transfer their acquired knowledge and skills in agriculture and other enterprises to family members and others in their community.
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