“Gaano man kami ka bata, di hadlang ito na kami ay makatulong sa pagunlad ng bayan…. kahit sa simpleng bagay tulad ng pag-aaral ng mabuti, malaking bagay na para sa aking pamayanan..” – Girlie C. Pondong, DFAT Essay Writing Contest winner (Rajah Cabungsuan Integrated Sec. School – Lingig, Surigao del Sur). Four (4) out of continue reading : Mga Munting Kamay Para sa Pamayanang Buhay

Butuan City – The Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) started off 2016 with a series of capacity building for its field workers. This comes in response to the increase of demands for the Regional Program Management Office (RPMO) with the widened scope of the program implementation. Kalahi-CIDSS continue reading : Series of trainings kickstart 2016 for Kalahi-CIDSS Caraga

Simple joys are those that are priceless! Simple joys, just like in the case of the first time families and households have easy access to potable water right by their homes, is what makes Kalahi-CIDSS an effective anti-poverty alleviation program of the national government. The community at Brgy. Magupange, Placer, Surigao del Norte is a continue reading : Potable Water Within Reach

Community volunteers from Balobo, Esperanza, Agusan del Sur perform bayanihan (spirit of communal unity, work and cooperation to achieve a particular goal) to complete their 420 linear-meters concrete pathway (1meter in width, 100mm thick) which would be their main access going to their barangay road. Prior to having the pathway, the community had problems with continue reading : A Little Bayanihan Goes A Long Way

Barangay Cuarinta residents will now enjoy the shelter and protection of their newly completed Community Evacuation Center recently completed through the community’s unified efforts in their engagement with Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS). Barangay Cuarinta, considered as the highest-elevation in the municipality of San Jose, Province of continue reading : A Community’s Refuge from Harsh Climates

Barangay officials and volunteers of Brgy. Magupange, Placer, Surigao del Norte render free service in doing the final touches of their newly completed 1,500 linear-meters water system community sub-project (Rehabilitation/Improvement) implemented under Kalahi-CIDSS. The community was very eager to fast-track the completion of their sub-project since their community has suffered from decrease in water supply continue reading : Coming Together for Community Service

Procurement Team volunteers of Brgy. Bangayan (Kitcharao, Agusan Del Norte), together with the Brgy. Chairman Nonito V. Senonis, post invitation to bid at the Kitcharao Transport Terminal for service providers/technical assistance providers for their community water system project. Kalahi-CIDSS train and utilize community volunteers in the sub-project implementation from the conception of the community sub-project continue reading : INVITATION TO BID

Marilyn Torres, a resident of Poblacion, Barobo, Surigao del Sur is one of the Monitoring and Inspection Team members of the Kalahi-CIDSS implementation in their community, and at the same time, one of the paid laborers of their 1-unit, 2-classroom elementary school building that will be a learning hub to one of her kids come continue reading : FOR MY CHILDREN’S FUTURE