Kalinaw News: LGU Loreto in Agusan del Sur and AFP collaborate to deliver services in remote IP community

Posted to Kalinaw News (May 9, 2021): LGU Loreto in Agusan del Sur and AFP collaborate to deliver services in remote IP community



Agusan del Sur – More than 200 Indigenous Peoples from the Ata Manobo and Dibabawon tribe benefited from the “Tulong Bayanihan para sa Sambayanan” organized by the Municipal Government of Loreto, DILG-Loreto, and the 60th Infantry (Mediator) Battalion (60IB) at Sitio Nursery, Barangay Kasapa 1, Loreto, Agusan del Sur.

The activity is part of 60IB’s Community Support Program and LGU’s initiative in diminishing the effects of COVID-19 pandemic. This is also a collaborative effort of the LGU and the Armed Forces of the Philippines which aims to end the local
communist armed conflict in the area.

The activity was facilitated by LGU Loreto headed by Municipal Mayor, Hon. Lorife Otaza and Army’s 60IB headed by Lt. Col. Ronaldo Sarmiento. It was attended by representatives from Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office (MSWDO), Department of Health (DOH) and Rural Health Unit of Loreto (RHU), Municipal Engineers Office (MEO), Local Civil Registrar (LCR), Municipal Agriculture Office (MAGRO), the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), the Public Employment Service Office (PESO), Department of Labor and Employment Region XIII (DOLE), Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), Philippine National Police (PNP), and the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP).

The “Tulong Bayanihan para aa Sambayanan” paved the way to the delivery of 62 solar-powered lights, 52 hygiene kits, Php15,000.00 cash for the repair of the Sitio’s school roof, Php1,000.00 cash each for the 71 households of Sitio Nursery, free haircut, free medical consultation, food and grocery items. The DOH also conducted a lecture on the COVID-19 vaccine in preparation for the upcoming vaccination of the members of the tribe the following week. The DOH also distributed water containers and water purifiers as a temporary purifying tool for their drinking water to prevent them from acquiring diseases. The municipal engineer also inspected for the possible water source for the construction of the Sitio’s potable water system.

Furthermore, the LCR conducted civil registration of the IPs therein for their birth certificates and marriage certificates. Pre-registration for the Loreto’s Real Initiative for Education training program of TESDA.

Finally, the DOLE awarded the Certificate of Registration for the People’s Organization of Sitio Nursery.

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