Kalahi-CIDSS of DSWD-6 receives awards for implementation of AusAID projects

From the Philippine News Agency (Aug 12): Kalahi-CIDSS of DSWD-6 receives awards for implementation of AusAID projects

The Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region 6 received a national recognition for its implementation of Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) projects in Western Visayas.

Kalahi-CIDSS of DSWD 6 received a trophy for topping the category on safety and health practice during the Project Review and Implementation of AusAID funded projects held recently at the La Breza Hotel in Quezon City.

The best practice on safety and health practice was depicted through an audio-visual presentation (AVP) entitled “Babaye.”

The AVP was filmed in Velasco Elementary School in Barangay Velasco, Lemery town. The voice-over was delivered by Bombo Radyo Iloilo’s assistant station manager Mary Divine Grace Cuello.

Barangay Velasco is one of the seven villages in Lemery. It has availed the AusAID grant for the construction of a three-classroom building for Velasco Elementary School.

Aside from the trophy, Kalahi-CIDSS also received a certificate of recognition for giving emphasis on its advocacy of mainstreaming gender and development in the implementation of the AusAID funded project.

In Kalahi-CIDSS, women participation in paid labor is strongly encouraged.

The documentation strongly demonstrated the capacity of women to work in the project construction while advancing safety and health practice at the construction site. Construction workers, including women, are obliged to wear hard hat, hand gloves and safety boots.

Signages are properly installed to protect and caution workers, students and passers-by of the possible risk from falling objects such as stones and iron bars while the construction of the P1.9-million school building is ongoing.

Strict enforcement of the safety and health practice was inculcated by the town’s Municipal Engineer Noel Sobremisana to the people during the municipal orientation, which resulted in zero accident at the project site.

The documentation of the region’s practices is part of the implementers’ assessment to document the process employed in each region in terms of preparation and implementation of AusAID-funded projects.

Kalahi-CIDSS also earned a recognition for the success story dubbed “Edukasyon - In the Eyes of the Indigenous People” of Barangay Agbun-od, Jamindan town in Capiz.

AusAID provided a grant of P75.3 million to fund the construction of 20 daycare centers and 54 school buildings in the provinces of Iloilo, Capiz, and Negros Occidental.

The construction of classrooms, school buildings and day care centers are considered the supply side of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) for non-prioritized communities during the implementation of the Makamasang Tugon and other modes of Kalahi-CIDSS implementation.

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