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The TADECO Livelihood and Training Center (TLTC) has been providing livelihood programs for the youth through the TADECO Youth Development council (TYDC) and for the families of the banana plantation workers since 1989 under the management and iniitiative of the creative director Ma. Cristina Floirendo-Brias. The Center was primarily established to encourage its members to engage in more productive activities which can help augment their monetary income and to divert the youth from harmful vices particularly drug addiction. They were trained to manufacture handmade native products such scrap books, picture frames, lanterns and other natural paper processed from banana, pineapple or abaca fibers made into stationeries, paper bags, gift-boxes and other environment-friendly novelty items. These products were initially sold in the local market which later became a thriving export business.
Over the years, TLTC has bolstered its manpower strength from only 20 dependents to more than 300 workers including the housing of lumad weavers. With the aim of reviving native artistry and of restoring the customs of Mindanao ethnic tribes, they create products made of 100% indigenous materials like abaca and banana fibers and abaca woven cloth which are produced by T'boli and Mandaya natives exclusively for TLTC.
It is almost 20 years now that TLTC has been realizing its dream of uplifting lives and promoting social awareness in the preservation of cultures and traditions of the Mindanao ethnic groups. Its T'boli and Mandaya Weaving Centers produce tribal cloths, popularly known as T'nalak and Dagmay, woven by natives using back strap looms. These tribal cloths bear traditional designs handed down by their ancestors and have become part of TLTC's more popular product lines.
These products are marketed internationally to as far as Australia, Denmark, England, Germany, Greece, Hongkong, Italy, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom and USA. Gaining the support of the worldwide market, TLTC became a competitive handicraft industry hugely benefiting its labor force and has caught the interest of magazine publications and television shows in the country.
Hence, by capturing the delight and satisfaction of both local and international purchasers and reputable critics, TLTC is able to live up its mission of providing its dependents a better living and its involvement to different social-civic activities since year 2000 and reinforces its methods of fulfilling such goal.
In further expanding their marketing link with institutional and individual buyers, the livelihood center actively participates in different exhibits such as Manila F.A.M.E. International (MFI), Mindanao Trade Exposition (MTE), Cebu International Furniture and Furnishings Exhibitions (Cebu X) and Philippine International Furniture Show (PFIS).
It has also garnered numerous recognition and awards from prestigious award-giving bodies. On the year 1996, it has been a GAMA Awardee for Best Product Design, TESDA Kabalikat Awardee last 2002 for its exemplary contribution in the advancement of technical education and training in the country, UNESCO AHPADA Seal of Excellence Awardee (2003) for generating best of handicraft products in Southeast Asia, KATHA Awardee (2004), and Gawad Saka Awardee (2006) for being an outstanding non-food processor in Davao del Norte.
Today, TADECO Livelihood plays a major part in sustaining the handicraft industry as we continue to live up with our vision and mission in helping 800 weavers in Lake Sebu, generated livelihood opportunities to the communities of Panabo area as well as the squatter areas in Davao City and therefore providing a steady means of livelihood, thus, contributing to the economic development of Mindanao as a whole.
Over the years, TLTC has bolstered its manpower strength from only 20 dependents to more than 300 workers including the housing of lumad weavers. With the aim of reviving native artistry and of restoring the customs of Mindanao ethnic tribes, they create products made of 100% indigenous materials like abaca and banana fibers and abaca woven cloth which are produced by T'boli and Mandaya natives exclusively for TLTC.
It is almost 20 years now that TLTC has been realizing its dream of uplifting lives and promoting social awareness in the preservation of cultures and traditions of the Mindanao ethnic groups. Its T'boli and Mandaya Weaving Centers produce tribal cloths, popularly known as T'nalak and Dagmay, woven by natives using back strap looms. These tribal cloths bear traditional designs handed down by their ancestors and have become part of TLTC's more popular product lines.
These products are marketed internationally to as far as Australia, Denmark, England, Germany, Greece, Hongkong, Italy, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom and USA. Gaining the support of the worldwide market, TLTC became a competitive handicraft industry hugely benefiting its labor force and has caught the interest of magazine publications and television shows in the country.
Hence, by capturing the delight and satisfaction of both local and international purchasers and reputable critics, TLTC is able to live up its mission of providing its dependents a better living and its involvement to different social-civic activities since year 2000 and reinforces its methods of fulfilling such goal.
In further expanding their marketing link with institutional and individual buyers, the livelihood center actively participates in different exhibits such as Manila F.A.M.E. International (MFI), Mindanao Trade Exposition (MTE), Cebu International Furniture and Furnishings Exhibitions (Cebu X) and Philippine International Furniture Show (PFIS).
It has also garnered numerous recognition and awards from prestigious award-giving bodies. On the year 1996, it has been a GAMA Awardee for Best Product Design, TESDA Kabalikat Awardee last 2002 for its exemplary contribution in the advancement of technical education and training in the country, UNESCO AHPADA Seal of Excellence Awardee (2003) for generating best of handicraft products in Southeast Asia, KATHA Awardee (2004), and Gawad Saka Awardee (2006) for being an outstanding non-food processor in Davao del Norte.
Today, TADECO Livelihood plays a major part in sustaining the handicraft industry as we continue to live up with our vision and mission in helping 800 weavers in Lake Sebu, generated livelihood opportunities to the communities of Panabo area as well as the squatter areas in Davao City and therefore providing a steady means of livelihood, thus, contributing to the economic development of Mindanao as a whole.
Our Showroom Address:
T'boli Weaving Center
Pearl Farm Marina - Guest House
Lizada Drive, Maharlika Hwy (Lanang)
8000 Davao City, Philippines
Pearl Farm Marina - Guest House
Lizada Drive, Maharlika Hwy (Lanang)
8000 Davao City, Philippines