Las Piñas offers free livelihood, skills training

Las Piñas City Mayor Imelda Aguilar announced the offering of free livelihood and skills training this summer to women and youth of the city.

The training programs are provided by the Kalipunan ng Liping Pilipina (KALIPI) and the Las Piñas Manpower School for free, as part of Aguilar’s program to help residents become self-reliant and augment the income of the economically-disadvantaged sector of the city through necessary knowledge and skills.

KALIPI, with 25,000 members, has been a recipient of livelihood training program of the city government.

Among the livelihood training being offered by the 25,000-strong KALIPI are food processing and preservation, sewing, hair cutting, candle making and reflexology.

The manpower school, on the other hand, offers vocational courses in audio , automotive trouble shooting, commercial electricity, computers and programming, cosmetology, data encoding, high-speed sewing, dressmaking, food trade, welding, refrigeration, airconditioning, and hotel and restaurant services.

Aguilar said residents interested in joining the livelihood program may inquire from the KALIPI desk at the Department of Social Welfare and Development at the City Hall complex.

Every year, more than 2,000 residents graduate from various technical and vocational courses from the center without paying a single centavo.

The center has been cited by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority as one of the best technical and vocational schools in the country.