Acknowledging the importance and giving due respect to fellow Mindanaoans, a municipal chairman of political affairs committee in Sarangani province said, “Development for Bangsamoro people also covers Christian and Indigenous People’s (IPs) communities.”
“Despite the Bangsamoro has no authority yet to govern, we see to it that you also benefit in this initial development we have,” Mohammad Arfan Hassan, Maasim Municipal Political Chairman, told the project beneficiaries of Barangay Lumasal in Maasim.
Barangay Lumasal is a community dominated by Christian Settlers and T’boli, an indigenous tribe, which has received development projects under the Mindanao Trust Fund Reconstruction and Development Program (MTFRDP).
The community was granted with two sea crafts for deep sea fishing, one solar drier, one mobile corn sheller and spring development project by the program.
“We spent tears, sweat, energy, blood and even the lives of our Mujaheedins were sacrificed, in our quest for peace and development,” Hassan stressed in his inspirational message during the project turn-over ceremony on June 9, 2015.
Hassan said he related those narrative in order to remind the beneficiaries the hardship encountered by the Moro people and encourage them to do their best to sustain the project.
MTFRDP is a multi-million foreign assisted development program implemented by the Bangsamoro Development Agency (BDA,) the economic arm of the revolutionary group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which aims to assist economic and social recovery conflict-affected and vulnerable areas of Mindanao.
The program is supported by Australian Aid for International Development(AusAID), New Zealand Aid for International Development (NZAID), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), United States Aid for International Development (USAID), the World Bank, and the European Union (EU). It had been successfully implemented for three (3) consecutive Program Partnership Agreements (PPAs).
It is again embarked under PPA4, covering 65 barangays in 21 municipalities. BDA, with the help of its partners- the Community and Family Services Internation (CFSI) and Mindanao Land Foundation (Minland), takes lead in the implementation of the PPA4.
BDA operates in seven regions namely Southern Mindanao, Lanao, Central Mindanao, Davao, Zamboanga Peninsula, Zamboanga-Basilan, Sulu-and Tawitawi. Its central management office is located in Cotabato City.
Aside from MTFRDP, BDA facilitates the implementation of other programs funded by foreign donors. Among these are Strengthening Capacities for IDP Protection Program, Programme for Local Economic Development through Enhanced Governance and Grassroots Empowerment (PLEDGE), Community Development in Conflict Affected Areas in Mindanao (CD-CAAM) and , Tahderriyah Program, Water Hygiene and Sanitation and Child Protection System funded by UNICEF.
BDA also spearheaded the formulation of the Bangsamoro Development Plan, the blueprint for the holistic development of Bangsamoro communities within and outside the Bangsamoro core territory.
Barangay Lumasal is a community dominated by Christian Settlers and T’boli, an indigenous tribe, which has received development projects under the Mindanao Trust Fund Reconstruction and Development Program (MTFRDP).
The community was granted with two sea crafts for deep sea fishing, one solar drier, one mobile corn sheller and spring development project by the program.
“We spent tears, sweat, energy, blood and even the lives of our Mujaheedins were sacrificed, in our quest for peace and development,” Hassan stressed in his inspirational message during the project turn-over ceremony on June 9, 2015.
Hassan said he related those narrative in order to remind the beneficiaries the hardship encountered by the Moro people and encourage them to do their best to sustain the project.
MTFRDP is a multi-million foreign assisted development program implemented by the Bangsamoro Development Agency (BDA,) the economic arm of the revolutionary group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which aims to assist economic and social recovery conflict-affected and vulnerable areas of Mindanao.
The program is supported by Australian Aid for International Development(AusAID), New Zealand Aid for International Development (NZAID), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), United States Aid for International Development (USAID), the World Bank, and the European Union (EU). It had been successfully implemented for three (3) consecutive Program Partnership Agreements (PPAs).
It is again embarked under PPA4, covering 65 barangays in 21 municipalities. BDA, with the help of its partners- the Community and Family Services Internation (CFSI) and Mindanao Land Foundation (Minland), takes lead in the implementation of the PPA4.
BDA operates in seven regions namely Southern Mindanao, Lanao, Central Mindanao, Davao, Zamboanga Peninsula, Zamboanga-Basilan, Sulu-and Tawitawi. Its central management office is located in Cotabato City.
Aside from MTFRDP, BDA facilitates the implementation of other programs funded by foreign donors. Among these are Strengthening Capacities for IDP Protection Program, Programme for Local Economic Development through Enhanced Governance and Grassroots Empowerment (PLEDGE), Community Development in Conflict Affected Areas in Mindanao (CD-CAAM) and , Tahderriyah Program, Water Hygiene and Sanitation and Child Protection System funded by UNICEF.
BDA also spearheaded the formulation of the Bangsamoro Development Plan, the blueprint for the holistic development of Bangsamoro communities within and outside the Bangsamoro core territory.
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