DAVAO DEL NORTE (PIA)—Community engagements through the Community Support Program (CSP) have brought the 56th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army to far-flung sitios of Talaingod this province.
Guesting during the Pakigsayod radio program of Radio 911 of the provincial government of Davao del Norte, 56th IB civil military operations officer, Capt John Louie Dema-ala said among the villages recently reached was Sitio Tibucag in Barangay Dagohoy where the command helped initiate the conduct of skills training on carpentry, abaca twinning, bead-jewelry making benefitting those who had come to the folds of the law and those formerly with the underground mass movement of the New People’s Army (NPA).
56th IB civil military operations officer, Capt John Louie Dema-ala (right), discusses the recent community supprt engagements in Talaingod sitios conducted by the Philippine Army at Radio 911.
With primary support of the Municipal Government of Talaingod, the 56th IB gathered the assistance of the Davao del Norte offices of Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) along with other national line agencies.
In a recent community engagement of 56th IB commander Lt Col Norman Valdez along with about 20 stakeholders of the municipal government and national line agencies took an eight-hour walk to Sitio Pongpong in Barangay Dagohoy from Sitio Kilometer 31 which is 31 kilometers away from the seat of the municipal government in barangay poblacion Sto. Nino. The 56th IB had deployed a team to roll out CSP in Sitio Pongpong.
Dema-ala also revealed the 56th IB having taken part in setting up makeshifts schools in far-flung villages in Talaingod particularly in sitios Lambid in Brgy Sto. Nino; Sitio Sambalungon in Brgy Palma Gil; Dulian, Brgy Palma Gil; Sitio Pongpong, Brgy Dagohoy; and in Sitio Dalingding, Brgy Palma Gil.
He said 56th IB troopers not only secured municipal and local workers and those from the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) but also took part in the carpentry.
Meanwhile, the 56th IB welcomes and calls for the benevolence of civic groups and support from national line agencies for Ata Manobo communities of Talaingod.
Just this weekend, the 5th Civil Relations Group (CRG) tied up with the 56th IB to deliver to an Ata-Manobo community of Talaingod 60 water tanks, 15 classroom tables and 50 chairs.
However, Dema-ala pointed out the need to capacitate members of IP communities and for them to help themselves so they can stand on their own through the services and assistance extended to them.
“Unta maisip nila kung unsa ang ilang mabuhat sa ilang sitio, sa ilang municipyo,” he said. (PIA XI/Jeanevive Duron Abangan)
With primary support of the Municipal Government of Talaingod, the 56th IB gathered the assistance of the Davao del Norte offices of Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) along with other national line agencies.
In a recent community engagement of 56th IB commander Lt Col Norman Valdez along with about 20 stakeholders of the municipal government and national line agencies took an eight-hour walk to Sitio Pongpong in Barangay Dagohoy from Sitio Kilometer 31 which is 31 kilometers away from the seat of the municipal government in barangay poblacion Sto. Nino. The 56th IB had deployed a team to roll out CSP in Sitio Pongpong.
Dema-ala also revealed the 56th IB having taken part in setting up makeshifts schools in far-flung villages in Talaingod particularly in sitios Lambid in Brgy Sto. Nino; Sitio Sambalungon in Brgy Palma Gil; Dulian, Brgy Palma Gil; Sitio Pongpong, Brgy Dagohoy; and in Sitio Dalingding, Brgy Palma Gil.
He said 56th IB troopers not only secured municipal and local workers and those from the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) but also took part in the carpentry.
Meanwhile, the 56th IB welcomes and calls for the benevolence of civic groups and support from national line agencies for Ata Manobo communities of Talaingod.
Just this weekend, the 5th Civil Relations Group (CRG) tied up with the 56th IB to deliver to an Ata-Manobo community of Talaingod 60 water tanks, 15 classroom tables and 50 chairs.
However, Dema-ala pointed out the need to capacitate members of IP communities and for them to help themselves so they can stand on their own through the services and assistance extended to them.
“Unta maisip nila kung unsa ang ilang mabuhat sa ilang sitio, sa ilang municipyo,” he said. (PIA XI/Jeanevive Duron Abangan)
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