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<h2><span style="font-size:small">Extension and Community Services</span></h2>

<p style="text-align:justify">This technology package was promoted by the College of Industrial Technology Unit is an index to offer Practical Skills and Livelihood Training Program particularly to the Ina ngTahanan of Tayabas, Barangay Zone 15, Talisay City, Negros Occidental</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">The respondent of this technology package were mostly &ldquo;ina&rdquo; or mothers in PurokTayabas. There were twenty mothers who responded to the call of training and enhancing their sewing skills. The beginners projects include an apron, elastics waist skirts, pillow-cover and t-shirt style top. Short sleeve blouses with buttonholes or contoured seaming are also some of the many projects introduced to the mothers. Based on the interview conducted after the culmination activity, the projects done contributed as a means of earning to the respondents.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; In support to the thrust of the government to improve the health status of neighboring barangays, the Faculty and Staff of CHMSC ECS Fortune Towne, Bacolod City, launched its Medical Mission in Patag, Silay City. It was conducted last March 2010, to address the health needs of the people. A medical consultation is given to the residents of SitioPatag to attend to their health related problems that may need medical treatment. Medical tablets for headache, flu, fever, antibiotics and others were availed by the residents.</p>

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<p style="text-align:justify">&nbsp;The BAYAN-ANIHAN is a Food Production Program with a battle cry of &ldquo;GOODBYE GUTOM&rdquo;, advocating its legacy &ldquo;Food on the Table for every Filipino Family&rdquo; through backyard gardening. NGO&rsquo;s, governmental organizations, private and public sectors, business sectors are the cooperating agencies that support and facilitate this project and Carlos Hilado Memorial State College (CHMSC) is one of the identified partner school. Being a member institution in advocating its thrust, the school through its Extension and Community Services had conducted capability training workshop along this program identifying two deputy coordinators and trainers last November 26,27 and 28, 2009, with the end in view of implementing the project all throughout the neighboring towns, provinces and regions to help address poverty in the country. Program beneficiaries were the selected families of GawadKalinga (GK) in Hope Village, Brgy. Cabatangan, Talisay City, with 120 families beneficiaries; GK FIAT Village in Silay City with 30 beneficiaries; Bonbon Dream Village brgy. E. Lopez, Silay City with 60 beneficiaries; and respectively Had. Teresita and Had. Carmen in Talisay City, Negros Occidental both with 60 member beneficiaries. This program was introduced to 30 household members with the end in view of alleviating the quality standards of their living.</p>

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<p style="text-align:justify">The extension &amp; Community Services of the College conducted a series of consultations and meetings with the different local government units to assess technology needs to determines potential products to be developed considering the abundance of raw materials in their respective areas and their product marketability. The project was released in November 2009 in six cities in the province of Negros Occidental, namely San Carlos, Sagay, Silay, Bago, Himamaylan and Sipalay and the Municipality of E. B Magalona</p>

<p style="text-align:justify">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The City of San Carlos focused on peanut and fish processing. Sagay and bago focused on meat processing, while Silay City on fish processing. The City of Himamaylan is on sardines, and in Sipalay focused on fish processing specially on their famous BARONGAY product. The municipality of E.B Magalona focused on bangus deboning.</p>

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<p style="text-align:justify">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; The food technology instructors are tasked to provide the needed skills along with the TLDC Livelihood project that each City is embarking on while the local government units provide the training venue for the project and the training equipment and machine were provided by the Department of Science and Technology.</p>

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