The national government has completed 14 community infrastructure projects worth P4.88 million in parts of North Cotabato province that were implemented under its flagship peace and development program Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan or PAMANA.
Gemma Rivera, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Region 12 assistant regional director, said Wednesday the projects comprise the first batch of “community peace initiatives” that were completed by the agency in the region under the PAMANA program.
She said they were implemented by DSWD-12 in partnership with the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP).
The completed “community peace projects” are now benefiting residents of various villages in the municipalities of Arakan and Libungan in
“The projects are aimed to improve access to basic social services while at the same time promoting accountable governance,” Rivera said.
Rivera said among the newly completed projects in Arakan are the solar dryers in villages of Anapolon, Malibatuan,
New multi-purpose halls were also put up and now being utilized by residents of Salasang, Kabalantian, Gambudes and Datu Mantangkil, she said.
In Barangay Poblacion’s Maria Caridad and Doroluman districts, Rivera said they completed the construction of line canals and a road concreting project.
“These projects would benefit 5,351 households in the area,” she said.
In Libungan, the official said new street lights and water systems were installed in Barangays Poblacion and Kapayawi, and are now benefiting 1,253 households.
In the coming months, she said they expect to complete 16 more projects in Arakan and 18 in Libungan.
The projects are implemented through the DSWD’s poverty-reduction program Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS), utilizing the community driven development as strategy.
“PAMANA is not just about social infrastructure projects, along the process, it also fostered peaceful relations between and among communities and helping addressing conflict in the conflict affected and vulnerable,” Rivera said.
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