DTI-Kalinga capacitates 14 entrepreneurs with skills training



Tabuk City, Kalinga – Fourteen entrepreneurs from various business sectors in Kalinga underwent Department of Trade and Industry’s online mentoring program that boosted their capacities.

The program, dubbed as Kapatid Mentor Me-Money Market Encounter (KMME-MME), involves coaching and learning sessions to empower the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) through access to strategies for operations management, marketing, finance, human resources, among others.

After completion of the 10 online modules and two weeks of individual coaching sessions, the mentee-entrepreneurs presented their business improvement plans before a panel composed of mentors from the Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship and others.

This year’s KMME-MME, according to DTI-Kalinga, concluded on Aug. 03 and the mentees had their Provincial Graduation Ceremony on Sept. 22 at Balong Mountain Resort in Balong, Tabuk town.

The resort owner Malayka Mae Madriaga Adduru was among the 14 graduates, along with Annie Grace Cadio of Vanessa’s Woven Products, Meryl Ande of Tarakishi Cafe, Nazareth Cusay Diaz of Tita Nazareth Food Products, Ruby Ann Bunaguen of Cultura De Kalinga Fashion Boutique, and Fatima Duggoy of Fatima’s Fashion Boutique.

Also part of the batch are John Lloyd Villamayor of LF Ka-Pares Hub, Daryl Labayan of Sasu Restaurant, Cris Reshon Guiral of SURF HDPM, Sandy Lee of The Beauty Lounge by Sandy Lee, Regine Ada-ol of Regine’s Food Products, Vanessa Malaggay of Chuchay’s Cakes and Pastries Shop, Jovyniel Panisigan of Akilez Cakes and Pastries Shop, and Yolanda Tamayo of Malayam Handloom and Woven Products.

The graduates expressed gratitude to the agency and PCE-Go Negosyo “not only for the opportunity to learn the how-tos of business but more importantly, learning from experienced KMME Mentors, Coaches and graduates-turned mentors, classmates, hearing their stories, the success and failure they had, to learning strategies and techniques that are tried and tested.”

The 14 entrepreneurs are encouraged to be agents of positive economic transformations by taking the track of innovativeness.

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