The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
Region 11 through Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehesive and Integrated
Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) and the Municipality of Compostela
With the theme “Managing and Learning Together towards
Results”, the activity aimed to assess the implementation of Kalahi-CIDSS
program in the municipality in the past six years.
The forum was attended by Compostela Mayor Lema P. Bolo,
Vice Mayor Reynaldo Q. Castillo, Municipal Local Government officials, Barangay
Captains, and Kalahi-CIDSS community volunteers.
DSWD was represented by Kalahi-CIDSS Deputy Regional Program
Manager Ma. Annabelle S. Jabla, Regional Community Development Specialist Nick
Elvi Digol, Regional Finance Analyst Loudice Joyce Anas, and Regional
Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist Elvira Anduyan.Kalahi-CIDSS input
“The purpose of this forum is to provide a venue for an
organized dialogue among program implementers, community volunteers, and
beneficiaries,” Jabla said.
Jabla added the Talakayan also aims to increase awareness of
the local community on current development and plans in the municipality.
To date, the town has a total of 23 ongoing and 64 completed
sub-projects built through Kalahi-CIDSS and its other modalities -PAyapa at
MAsaganang PamayaNAn (PAMANA), Bottom-Up Budgeting (BUB), and Government of
Australia-Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (GOA-DFAT).
In 2014, DSWD covered 7,399 families under Pantawid
Pamilyang Pilipino Program, 4,650 through Sustainable Livelihood Program, and
18,656 families benefited from Kalahi-CIDSS sub-projects.
Castillo said Kalahi-CIDSS has a huge contribution in the
reduction of poverty incidence rate in Compostela. “It went down from 40.98 percent
in 2003, to 27.03 percent in 2012. Indeed a big leap for this town.”
To add to the milestones, a Focused Group Discussion (FGD)
was conducted to identify new initiatives on how to strengthen and effectively
implement the program. This way, they get to identify problems in the
grassroots and garner prospect solutions for long time problems.
Castillo emphasized that, “Kalahi-CIDSS is proven to be
effective since it prioritizes the needs of the community, and the community is
the one who leads the implementation of the program. In fact, they plan to
continue the legacy of the program. They said they have never seen their
community this passionate about a project.”
Kalahi-CIDSS or Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive
and Integrated Delivery of Social Services is one of DSWD’s core programs that
aims to empower ordinary citizens to directly participate in local governance
by identifying their community needs.
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The Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehesive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) program plays a significant role in the government's counterinsurgency effort and targets at risk/conflict-affected communities for economic development activities.
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