The doormat-making project of the Association of the Differently-Abled Persons (ADAP) or persons with disability (PWDs) in the Municipality of Bugasong helped send indigent learners to schools.

Edison Sta. Romana, Antique Assistant Provincial Disability Affairs Officer (PDAO) under the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO), said in an interview Wednesday that the ADAP provides for the PHP500 monthly allowance for each of the two learners who are children of their members.

“The two learners, one in secondary level and the other in college are being provided with monthly allowances out of the income of the ADAP from doormat making,” Sta. Romana said.

Sta. Romana said that 30 members of the association trained on doormat making on July 30 as part of the celebration of the National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation (NDPR) Week in partnership with the PDAO-PSWDO and the Municipal SWDO.

The association immediately embarked on producing more doormats after the training.

“Each member was able to make at least five pieces of doormat per day,” he said.

The doormat is sold for PHP75 per piece in ADAP contact stores and through bulk orders.

A member contributes PHP5 for the allowance and PHP10 for the material for every piece of the doormat they sell.

“Since the doormat making is still new, a member could earn as much as PHP60.00 from each doormat sold,” Sta. Romana said.

He added that most members of ADAP are housewives and used to be dependent on their husbands.

Sta. Romana said they intend to hold training in the different barangays of Bugasong and nearby towns to provide livelihood to more PWDs.

They also plan to establish a production center in Bugasong to cater to more orders. (PNA)