City Gov’t registers 19 new coops; benefits 4,499 more
BACOLOD CITY – The City Government through the Cooperative and Livelihood Development Office (CCLDO) has already registered 19 new cooperatives and helped 4,499 micro business people through various orientations, seminars, trainings and other business purposes in the city.
The 19 new cooperatives are engaged in various small enterprises such as micro-lending, pedicab spare parts trading, consumer sto\res, massage therapy, consumer credit, trucking services, poultry, farm inputs marketing, piggery operations and agricultural farming.
Mayor Evelio Leonardia said that one of the major thrusts of the city government is to promote economic independence and entrepreneurship among Bacoleños.
Leonardia expressed that the 2,013 who benefited from various business purposes such as reflexology/massage clinics run by blind masseurs, micro-lending, water refilling, swine fattening, manufacturing of household and fashion accessories, hollow blocks manufacturing, consumers store, table egg production, swine dispersal, rice retailing, vermi-culture and composting, trading of auto parts/oils and lubricants will be successful in their endeavors.
There were 1,478 beneficiaries from various barangays in the city who availed of livelihood skills training and entrepreneurship on economic activities such as soap-making, meat processing, production of accessories and fashion jewelries, perfume making, basic massage therapy, and food processing and preservation.
CCLDO is also assisting local producers in participating various sales activities and trade fairs such as the Negros Trade Fair, MassKara Village Booth during Masskara Festival, Panaad sa Negros and the Bacolod Inasal Festival.
CCLDO is working hard to help small businesses and encourage entrepreneurship even at the grassroots level in the city.