The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Region-12 (DSWD-12) on Monday announced it has completed a total of P20.86 million social infrastructure projects in Sultan Kudarat province.
Bai Zorahayda Taha, DSWD-12 regional director, said that a total of 15 community projects in the towns of Bagumbayan and Isulan have been completed with at least 30 percent of the total project cost provided by the beneficiary-community as counterpart.
Taha said these various projects are under DSWD's Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services or Kalahi-CIDSS, are now benefiting at least 10,110 households.
“Most of these projects are situated in hard to reach far-flung rural communities, answering the most pressing needs of the villagers that they have been longing for a long time,” Taha said in a statement.
She said in Isulan, new school buildings were completed in the villages of Kenram, Mapantig and Kolambog.
In Barangays Lotilla, Bual and Kudanding residents are now benefiting from the potable water system project, also constructed through Kalahi-CIDSS.
Projects are not only for in-school children as the DSWD also constructed an
Farmers in Barangay Dansuli were elated by the completion of a 500-meter river embankment flood protection project in the area.
With abundant water, farm to market roads and community solar driers for grains in place, residents of Barangay Impao can now better market their produce with the completion of a market building.
In Bagumbayan town, perennial problems of dilapidated, overcrowded and makeshift learning facilities will be things of the past with the completion of new school buildings in
Hard-to-reach villages of Sumilil and Kanulay, also in Bagumbayan, were energized with the completion of Solar Battery Charging Station and Solar Home System, respectively, while Sto. Nino villagers have now access to potable water.
“These are the fruits of our collaborative efforts in fighting against poverty, empowering communities and improving local governance,” Taha said.
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Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services or Kalahi-CIDSS projects are part of the government's holistic COIN approach. The idea is to deliver basic projects/services to conflict-affected/at-risk communities.
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