Mayor Dahlia Loyola – National Council on Disability Affairs Empowering Inclusion of Persons With Disabilities Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:41:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 /wp-content/uploads/2023/06/cropped-favicon-32x32-1-32x32.png Mayor Dahlia Loyola – National Council on Disability Affairs 32 32 Lady Mayor Adopts “Bags for Life” in Carmona, Cavite /2012/11/22/lady-mayor-adopts-bags-for-life-in-carmona-cavite/ Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:41:02 +0000 http://www.ncda.gov.ph/?p=3912 continue reading : Lady Mayor Adopts “Bags for Life” in Carmona, Cavite ]]> After an exciting exhibit and sale of fashionable “Bags for Life” crafted by persons with disabilities and their kins at the Municipal Hall last November 7, 2012,  Mayor Dahlia Loyola gave the project her thumbs up.  She warmly thanked ý for bringing in ‘Bags for Life’ Expert Ms. Lulu Ocampo for the 6-day workshop, and on the spot, gave instructions to tap local establishments to donate all used telephone directories, posters and newspapers to sustain ‘’Bags’’ production

 

Mayor Dahlia Loyola admires Bags for Life finished products and thanks ý represented by TCD Chief Nelia R. de Jesus for bringing in Bags Expert/Author Mrs. Lulu Ocampo.

 

20 trainees with disabilities hurdled 8 days to learn weaving “Bags for Life”, back-to-back with ‘Appropriate Paper-based Technology (APT)” to make useful devices/kiddie tables and chairs from waste cardboards and papers.  Aimed to provide Carmona’s persons with disabilities novel and practical options to generate extra income, this is also an ý’s pitch to enlist women and men with disabilities as environment advocates through waste reuse.

 

 

]]>