THE local government of Quezon City has distributed P10,000 worth of sari-sari store merchandise to each of the 200 solo parents chosen as beneficiaries of the “Tindahan ni Ate Joy” livelihood program of the Office of the Vice Mayor (OVM) last Friday.
This is the fifth year the Tindahan ni Ate Joy livelihood program is providing start-up business support for unemployed solo parents.
Vice Mayor Joy G. Belmonte has led the distribution of sari-sari store merchandise to solo-parent beneficiaries on October 24 at Quezon City Hall.
Some 900 solo parents have already benefited since the OVM has started the Tindahan ni Ate Joy in 2012, a separate statement said.
Belmonte said the Quezon City government also equips solo parents with basic entrepreneurship training seminars in partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry.
The OVM also monitors the earnings of the beneficiaries after a year since they received the livelihood aid.
For mechanics, Belmonte said Quezon City solo parents who wish to avail themselves of the Tindahan ni Ate Joy livelihood program must submit to the OVM the following requirements: Solo Parent IDs from the Quezon City Social Services Development Department, proof of unemployment, living with school-age children, must be 30 to 60 years of age, Philippine Health Insurance Corp. membership forms and willing to participate in or have already attended entrepreneurial training seminars.
Meanwhile, Quezon City Mayor Herbert M. Bautista, who has recently attended the 12th Global Forum on Human Settlements in New York where he gave his commitment to institute measures that would improve the quality of life of his constituents, is set to inaugurate Tomas Morato Avenue redevelopment when he arrives later this week.
Bautista represented the Philippines in the forum organized by the United Nations to mark World Cities Day.
Bautista was set to formally open the west and east sides of the improved Tomas Morato Avenue sidewalk last Saturday, from Eugenio Lopez Sr. Avenue to E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue.
The city government has paved the 2.3-kilometer stretch of the pedestrian walk along Tomas Morato Avenue, with stamped concrete to give the public more walkable space. It also designated and installed a regulated parking zone.
The redevelopment project has also provided better illumination by installing brighter park and street lights that will help deter the crimes, especially at night.
Quezon City, in its advocacy as a “Green City,” has also included bike lanes and trees in the sidewalk improvement.