Seventy-one persons with disabilities (PWDs) from the Visayas and Mindanao recently graduated from short-term livelihood courses at the Area Vocational Rehabilitation Center 11 (AVRC) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in barangay Labangon, Cebu City.
The graduates took courses like therapeutic massage, consumer electronics, electronic motor repair, computer technology, commercial arts and crafts, basic cosmetology, commercial cooking, basic sewing, food processing and furniture and cabinet making.
During the 36th graduation exercises, AVRC 11 training center superintendent Herminia Cabahug challenged the graduates to enhance their skills and capabilities and explore the bigger working world by availing the services and trainings for them to compete with the growing demands and opportunities in the market.
Aside from graduation certificates, nine outstanding trainees received training tools that would help them develop their skills.
They were Olymer Adiva for massage, Renen Naason for consumer electronics, Glicerio Escuadro for electronic motor repair, Melvin Rule for commercial arts and crafts, Cherrylyn Linao for computer technology, Evelyn Taboada for basic cosmetology, Ryan Joseph Orrilaneda for commercial cooking and Roselo Dejan and Jesus Eyana for furniture and cabinet making.
The Department of Education (DepEd) also released the certificates of 29 trainees, including 15 blind persons, who passed the examination for the Alternative Learning System both for elementary and secondary.
Interested PWDs who wish to enroll in AVRC may approach their municipal or city social welfare office or call 262-0001 or 262-8107.