CARMEN, Surigao del Sur- With an aim of enhancing the knowledge and skills of women on accessory and other handicraft-making, the Agricultural Training Institute-Regional Training Center (ATI-RTC) 13 recently conducts the Skills Training on Handicraft Making which will run from July 22-24, 2019.

Members of the Rural Improvement Club (RIC) and other rural women from Carmen, Surigao del Sur served as the participants of the said training.
Municipal Agriculturist Rodulfo B. Celada warmly welcomes participants during the opening program on the first day. He encourages women to actively participate in every activity that will be conducted during the three-day training.

“We should have values and attitude towards handicraft-making, patience is very important for us to improve especially in looking for additional income. This is the answer and one way of inspiring ourselves to be more knowledgeable and skillful in making accessories that will augment our way of living.” Celada added.

Moreover, women were able to make accessories such as earrings, necklace, bracelets and anklets as their outputs. This is with the guidance of Ms. Fevarsilia Macabanding from Tandag City as a

Resource Person. Macabanding teaches participants with the basics on how to make accessories and coaches them individually on the first and second day, respectively.

Mr. Jason Paul Dads E. Jampac lead the said training as the Project Officer along with the other training management staff of ATI. This is a result of the training needs survey conducted by the institute in the previous year.

Each successful participant will receive a certificate of training on the third day as it culminates on July 24, 2019.