It was a hot and sunny day and a woman finds comfort under the shade of trees in front of her house. Her children played around while she was busy fanning, not to cool herself, but to grill evenly the bananas she will sell to her customers. There were no sounds from busy streets and continue reading : Pauline finds hope at home
The Engineering Unit of KALAHI-CIDSS Regional Program Management Office Caraga conducts subproject implementation (SPI) monitoring in August to ensure that processes and constructions of projects are done in the right way and within the set standards and specifications. Through the said monitoring, issues that may affect the quality, timeline, or budget will be identified and continue reading : KALAHI Caraga ensures proper SP implementation
Life is full of choices. Some are easy but others are arduous, especially when it involves decisions that will make or break the welfare of the community. Such difficult choices befall on the Mamanwa tribe, living in a highland village in the municipality of Alegria, Surigao del Norte province, when they were asked a continue reading : CDD enables Mamanwa tribe to make ‘right’ decision
Former Mayor Lillian Y. Lozada of Cagwait town, Surigao del Sur has hailed all the community volunteers in the municipality for their committed participation and contribution to the development in their barangays. “Mapasalamaton ako labaw sa tanan sa mga volunteers kay kamo gayud ang mga hero (I am very thankful especially to the community continue reading : ‘Community volunteers are heroes’
“Sa panahon nga magka-minus o mawala na gyud an COVID, pwede ra gyud na ninyo mahipos ug matago kay collapsible man siya and magamit sa other purpose. For example, naay evacution kung simbako naay bagyo o baha so magamit jud nas taga-barangay nga temporary kapuy-an.” (When the time comes that COVID-19 cases dwindles and eventually continue reading : DSWD’s P2.5-M isolation facility ‘may be used during disasters’
More community subprojects are expected to be implemented in Mainit, Surigao del Norte province as the said municipality has qualified for community grants amounting to Php7.5 million from the Balik Probinsya Bagong Pag-asa Program (BP2P). Based on the BP2P guidelines, for a local government unit to avail and qualify for the community grants, a minimum continue reading : Mainit town gets additional P7.5-M community grant
Despite hardships they experienced living in metro cities during the height of pandemic, individuals who decided to return and resettle in their hometown in Mainit, Surigao del Norte now have reasons to smile as the government handed family support package and livelihood assistance amounting to Php4,061,750 for them to start a new life in the continue reading : DSWD gives P4M to Balik Probinsya beneficiaries in Mainit town
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) handed recently an isolation facility to Barangay Villa Paz in La Paz town, Agusan del Sur province, that would benefit 529 households or 2,310 individuals. The isolation facility, which is a subproject of DSWD’s KALAHI-CIDSS Additional Financing, is a collapsible tent with 12 rooms that will be continue reading : KALAHI-CIDSS isolation facility to benefit 2,310 in La Paz village