DSWD completes P209-M Kalahi-CIDSS projects in Region 12
• 17:54 PM Wed Jun 1, 2016
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By:
Hilbert T. Estacion
KORONADAL CITY ---The Department of Social Welfare
and Development in SOCCSKSARGEN has announced the completion of some P209 million
worth of community projects through one of its flagship poverty-reduction
programs, Kalahi-CIDSS.
Bai Zorahayda T. Taha, DSWD 12 regional director,
said that the amount represents a total of 134 projects that were completed
through the assistance from World Bank, with community and local government
counterparts.
Among the projects are school buildings, health
stations, roads, electrification, flood control, water systems, bridges,
post-harvest facilities and many others, benefiting thousands of villagers,
especially in the far-flung areas of the region.
These projects were implemented through a strategy
that encourages volunteerism in which communities are empowered to identify
their pressing needs,” Taha said.
The different projects were constructed in towns of Bagumbayan,
Isulan, Kalamansig, Lambayong, Lebak, Lutayan, Palimbang and Senator Ninoy
Aquino in Sultan Kudarat Glan, Kiamba,
Maasim, and Maitum in Sarangani province Alamada, Aleosan, Banisilan, Carmen
and Pikit in North Cotabato.
Local communities in these different towns were
also trained to craft their propose projects, present to municipal
inter-barangay forum for funding, then manage and sustain it,” Taha said.
Taha added that the funds for projects were directly
downloaded to the accounts, managed and controlled by chosen volunteers by the
community.
The agency is expecting to complete at least 50
more projects in the coming months,” Taha said.
With the bottom-up development approach, Kalahi-CIDSS,
which stands for Kapit-Bisig Laban Sa Kahirapan - A Comprehensive and
Integrated Delivery of Social Services, was chosen as one of the awardees of
the U.S. Treasury’s second annual Development Impact Honors Awards in 2013.
Started in 2003 in the region, Kalahi-CIDSS has
completed 954 community projects, amounting to some P1.03 billion. (Hilbert T.
Estacion, regional social marketing officer)