Food carts for Dagupan street vendors to be distributed soon
BALON DAGUPAN NEWS
BRAND news food carts will soon start rolling in Dagupan streets under a program supported jointly by the Dagupan City government and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) regional office.
To be launched are Nego-Karts (Negosyo sa Kariton) distributed to street vendors to improve their livelihood and increase their earnings from their small businesses.
The livelihood assistance project, initiated by Mayor Belen T. Fernandez, together with DOLE Region 1 Director Grace Ursua aims to provide indigent recipients with services that shall enable them to increase, upgrade, and diversify their products.
Mayor Belen T. Fernandez, together with the first batch of beneficiaries of the city’s Nego-Kart project, show their sign of approval of the cart’s design for their benefit. (CIO photos by Jojo Tamayo)
Leah Aquino, City Social Welfare and Development officer-in-charge, said the initial batch of beneficiaries were provided training and seminars on production, entrepreneurship and business management.
They were also taught on proper food management practices and standard sanitary procedures.
In return, the beneficiaries are expected to protect not just the equipment but the trust given them by the city government and DOLE.
One of the street vendors to receive food cart is Roda Andongo, who for 15 years sold native delicacies such as “lumpia”, “ukoy”, and “turon” in her modest cart in Barangay Poblacion Oeste.
Andongo thanked Mayor Fernandez and DOLE for the food cart which means more customers will be buying her street food.
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