108 Quezon City Vendors Graduate from Country's First Vendor Business School

Quezon City Vendors proudly display their certificates during the first-ever Vendor Business School (VBS) graduation ceremony on August 23. [PHOTO/CGIAR Resilient Cities Initiative]

One hundred eight vendors from Quezon City have successfully completed the first-ever Vendor Business School (VBS) program in the country, equipping them with essential business skills to improve their livelihoods.

A joint project of the CGIAR Resilient Cities Initiative and the Quezon City Government, the 10-week VBS program allowed vendor-students to participate in group sessions on topics such as business record-keeping, sales growth strategies, food safety, customer relations, leadership, climate change adaptation, and crop seasonality. The program also included three months of one-on-one coaching sessions to further support the vendors.

Of the 108 graduates from different private and public markets and temporary vending sites (TVS) across the city, 78, or 72 percent, are females and 30 are males, with 61 students within the 31 to 45 age range.

The Mayor also announced that 103 graduates have qualified for the city government's Pangkabuhayang QC (PBQC) Program, which provides capital assistance for small businesses in the city. READ MORE