Entrepreneurship is an option

Antique’s disadvantaged youth shows that entrepreneurship is an option

Many youth have sought work outside of their villages to help support their families and themselves. The most common example of this phenomenon is the seasonal throng of sacadas from central Antique who make the annual trek to the sugar plantations of Negros and Iloilo.

In coordination with local stakeholders which include the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region VI, DOLE Antique Provincial Office, DOLE Bureau of Workers with Special Concerns and the Provincial Government of Antique, a strategy adopted by the Joint Programme to multiply its efforts is by training a corps of trainers to facilitate entrepreneurship development at the local level.

The Training of Trainers (ToT) guarantees that even beyond the scope of the Joint Programme, a local pool of trainers will be present to replicate entrepreneurship trainings in schools, grassroots communities and other venues. Trainers do not only serve as training providers but as managers and implementers of entrepreneurship training programmes in their respective organizations.