BUTUAN CITY – The Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) Caraga recently concluded the conduct of the Crisis Communication Workshop which aims to capacitate Sub/Regional Program Management Office (S/RPMO) and field workers on how to manage crisis situations faced during the program’s implementation. The workshop which was held continue reading : Kalahi-CIDSS prepares workers for crisis situations

Edna B. Balagulan believes that her simple sacrifice of labor will ensure her children’s welfare. Her closed-knit community in Barangay Del Rosario,Tubod, Surigao del Norte has been blessed with basic services –such as their local public elementary school. However, parents are still calling for their local government to address the problem of the flowing river continue reading : A mother’s top priority

Community volunteers and paid laborers of Barangay Mat-e, Cagwait, Surigao del Sur, take a break during construction of their double barrel box culvert. The sub-project amounting to Php1,024,654 is funded through the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) program. Over the years, flood problems have always been one of the continue reading : Mitigating flood risks for Barangay Mat-e

A simple wooden hanging bridge used to do the job before for the residents of Bacay II, Veruela, Agusan del Sur. But the wear and tear has minimized the functionality of their long standing hanging bridge. Residences on one side, farm lots on the other side, with the unsuitable condition of their bridge, residents are continue reading : A safer and sturdier bridge for Bacay II

Broad smiles can be seen from community volunteers of Barangay Del Monte, Veruela, Agusan del Sur as they pose on their concrete pavement solar drier funded through Kalahi-CIDSS PAMANA. The community chose the sub-project since farming is the major source of livelihood for people in Veruela. During harvest time, farmers in the barangay used to continue reading : A great accomplishment

A bright smile is reflected on the face of a village woman in Barangay Bacay II in Veruela, Agusan del Sur, while she gently swishes her laundry through the sudsy water she had collected and stored in the tank days ago with their rainwater harvesting system. A few years back, doing the laundry with such continue reading : Sustainable water supply within the community’s reach

Barangay officials and volunteers of Sitio Durian, Barangay Lucac, San Francisco, Agusan del Sur join hands as they start their groundbreaking ceremony with a Manobo ritual called “Pangusab” for the construction of their primary school building sub-project.  The Pangusab also known as Panawagtawag is one of the myriad of rituals of Manobos performed during any continue reading : Securing the future of lumad children in Caraga

Grade 1 students of Jaliobong Elementary School (Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte) are grateful for their newly-completed classroom buildings made possible through the efforts of their community. The sub-project, which was funded by the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan- Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) program, in partnership with the municipal and barangay local government continue reading : Building for the future generation