FAITH or Food Always In The Home, which is the pioneering project of Barcelona Administration's Livelihood Programs, does not only aimed to cultivate sustainable source sufficiency by bringing the food production into the household level and maximizing the city's rich resources, but also providing livelihood opportunities for the people. Implementation of Poverty reduction programs had empowered communities by providing them income generating projects. Organizations such as Women's, Youth and the Physically-challenged were given administrative and financial support for their identified projects. On the other hand, the program JOBS or Job Opportunities to Business Sustainability had continually hoped the produced entrepreneurs in every household.
With these established career options and business resource center intervention, SGB believed that Escalantehanon shall be uplifted from poverty and no Escalantehanon shall be engaged on transient and sometimes illicit sources of livelihood such as cockfighting, gambling and stealing.
One of Santiago G. Barcelona's (SGB's) top covenant of governance for its Livelihood and Entrepreneurship Program for the year 2010-2013 is To set up and revive the Training Center at Sitio Bug-as for skill, trade and business promotion and development. This is to tie up with TESDA, DTI, DOST, TLDC and other agencies or institutions or organizations. The training center bldg is the one now being occupied by City Agriculture Office near the new VGDH. That building was built thru Hon. Barcelona's P1Million cash reward when he was adjudged as Outstanding City Mayor of the Philippines in 2002. Another P1Million came from Senate President Franklin Drilon then and with only P1Million came from City fund of 2003. It was proposed to be a TESDA training Center simultaneously with sleeping quarters. The lot alloted for this center is 5000 sqm. At the back, a Dutch chef had proposed to set up a Demo kitchen for the proposed culinary school to be fully financed by the Dutch NGO and government and at least 6 European chefs as trainors on an alternate basis. Unfortunately, the 2007 elections result aborted the proposed approved project. With this proposed restoration, SGB hoped to have a more productive and highly competent people in ESCALANTE.
SUPPORT SOLIDARITY. SUPPORT GOOD GOVERNANCE. ALLTHESE FOR A BRIGHTER ESCALANTE. ABANTE ESCALANTE! MASARANGAN NATO KINI!
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