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THE Livelihood and Skills Development Project under the Aboitiz?s Adopt-A-School program will culminate today, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., with a Skillsfest at the Banilad Night High School basketball court in barangay Banilad, Cebu City.
The 10-month long project that began in June 2009 gave third year Technology and Livelihood Education (TLE) students of Banilad Night High School the opportunity to experience the real TLE curriculum designed by the Department of Education.
Every Saturday, members of project partner Megamoms Multi-purpose Cooperative trained 50 students on baking, cooking, arts and crafts, sewing and table setting, while Aboitiz employees taught the students work and family values.
Aboitiz had earlier donated cooking and baking equipment for the students? use.
The culminating activity will highlight skills competition in baking, cooking and table setting.
This livelihood and skills development project is one of eight projects implemented by the Aboitiz employees in the past year.
The company?s Adopt-A-School Program supplements the Aboitiz Group?s infrastructure and equipment donations to benefit students, teachers and parents of beneficiary schools.
For the program?s pilot run, the other beneficiary school is the Banilad Elementary School.
Aside from the Livelihood and Skills Development Project, the other projects implemented this school year are the SciMathics Club in Action (a science and mathematics enrichment program), Project BART (to help teenagers become responsible), Project LEAD (a leadership skills and organization management training), Book Donation for Education, Learning about Learning (a workshop series for teachers), Youth Public Speaking and Presentation Skills Training Program and A Future for our Teachers (a cooperative livelihood program).
