Remote villages of Sultan Kudarat benefit P8-M Kalahi-CIDSS projects

KORONADAL CITY--- New school, hanging cable footbridge, water system and community market
are just among the social infrastructure projects now being benefited by the
residents in the remote villages of Kalamansig, a coastal town of Sultan
Kudarat province.

Gemma
N. Rivera, assistant regional director of DSWD Region 12 said that the
projects, which completed with the collaborative efforts of the local
government unit and community-beneficiaries, are considered as most pressing
needs of town.

These
projects are considered to be the top priority of Kalamansig villagers after
they were given the opportunity to choose which barangay and their respective
projects will avail the funds through Kalahi-CIDSS,” Rivera said.

Kalahi-CIDSS,
according to Rivera, is one of the flagship poverty-reduction programs of the
agency that provides support to the poorest among the poor towns through
grassroots empowerment activities and by financing proposed projects of
communities.

Eight
villages are now benefiting the projects amounting to P8.1 million, which
started its implementation in 2015, Rivera added.

Among
the beneficiary-communities include Datu Ito Andong, Wasay, Hinalaan, Limulan, Paril,
Sabanal, Poblacion and Sangay.

Rivera
said that another 14 villages in Kalamansig are now trained in preparation for
the second cycle of sub-project implementation, which most of these projects
are locate in the remote and mountainous villages of the town.

Kalahi-CIDSS,
which stands for Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan- A Comprehensive and Integrated
Delivery of Social Services, is a World Bank-funded program that utilizes the
community-driven development (CDD) as a strategy.

This
means that community residents are given the opportunity to take active role in
governance including planning, budgeting, implementing, monitoring and
sustaining their chosen projects and development initiatives of the barangay.
(Hilbert T. Estacion)