Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) under the Kapangyarihan at Kaunlaran sa Barangay (KKB) commenced the construction of Building for Women and Children in barangay Taluksangay, Zamboanga City following the groundbreaking ceremony held earlier today.

The construction of the identified sub-project is expected to be completed within 57 working days with a total cost of Php4,000,000.00 which includes training and comfort rooms, activity area  and other basic amenities.

The completion of the facility will serve as venue for gender-based violence and child abuse cases, augmentation to the local health center to accommodate more birth deliveries. It will also serve as a venue for all programs and projects of the Women and Children of this barangay as they look forward to it becoming a center for women and children’s affairs.

Present during the ceremony to represent the LGU was Vice Mayor Rommel Agan, barangay officials led by Hannah M. Nuño and Lilia M. Nuño, BSPMC Chairperson Mohammad Zen N. Johan, community members and Kalahi-CIDSS Regional Program Coordinator Narrabelle Z. Bue.

The Regional Program Management Office through RPC Bue commits to extend full support on the implementation as well as in the monitoring of the sub-project.

The LGU also expressed their wholehearted support and commitment to the construction of building for Women and Children and thank the department for the assistance provided. Likewise, congratulates the barangay for being the first recipient of Kalahi-CIDSS sub-project in Zamboanga City.

The community members through BSPMC Chair Johan acknowledged his fellow volunteers and other stakeholders like the teachers and the barangay administrative staff who worked hard for the completion of the requirements, commits to ensure the completion of the sub-project and be there to monitor and assist in the future programs and projects under the facility.

Regarded as the first Kalahi-CIDSS project in the city, they are very grateful to Senator Juan Edgardo Angara for the funding. The community is hopeful that this would not be the only project to be funded by the agency. Hence they would want this to be a model for Zamboanga City especially this is for the Women and Children project.

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) turned-over a newly completed sub-project under the Disaster Response Operations Procedure (DROP) which is the Renovation of Old Multi-Purpose Building for Isolation Facility in Barangay Azusano, Titay, Zamboanga Sibugay last week.

The renovation of the four-room isolation facility started last September 18, 2020 and has been completed by October 31, 2020 with a total cost of Php370,905.00 with amenities such as beds, bedsheets and pillow cases, lavatory, water dispenser, tables and chairs, and complete set of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) like face mask, face shield, medical gloves, thermal scanner, alcohol, soap, bleach solution and hazmat protective suit.

The community was grateful to spearhead and become a recipient of the said sub-project in response to COVID-19 in their barangay. The Operation and Maintenance chairperson Generose F. Velez committed during the turn-over that they are willing to render voluntary services for the operation of the isolation facility with the supervision of the BLGU through the Barangay Health Emergency Response Team (BHERT) and the MLGU under the Municipal Health Office (MHO).

“Kasi buhay talaga ng mga residente ang maililigtas nito dahil ito ay para masugpo ang panganib ng pandemya at buhay rin ang mawawala kapag nagka-virus ang isang tao”. (Because it will really save lives of the people because this is intended to eliminate the danger of the pandemic at the same time life is also at risk when a person is contracted by the virus), said Velez.

The LGU through the Municipal Mayor Leonardo B. Talania expressed their gratitude to the success of DROP implementation especially the construction of isolation facility. He commended the community members for being so supportive to the program and urged them to cooperate with the government in the fight against COVID-19 by coordinating with the MHO whenever there is a need for any LSI to go through isolation or even quarantine.

The renovation of multi-purpose building for isolation facility is the first among the 20 sub-projects to be completed and turned-over to the Municipality of Titay, Zamboanga Sibugay under Kalahi-CIDSS Disaster Response Operating Procedure (DROP).

DROP ensures augmentation of resources to local government unit in response to COVID-19 through a Community-Driven Development (CDD) approach.

Following the shift to Disaster Response Operations Procedure (DROP) from its regular implementation due to pandemic, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) will fund a total of 246 sub-projects in Region IX this year.

The activation of DROP ensures augmentation of resources to local government unit in response to COVID-19 through a Community-Driven Development (CDD) approach.

A total of Php187,217,698.24 will be allocated to CDD COVID19 disaster response in the region. Sub-projects to be identified under this procedure will focus more on the intervention to COVID-19 and on mitigating the effect of crisis to the communities.

Kalahi-CIDSS in Region IX is looking forward to construct community sub-projects as proposed and among these  include retrofitting and improvement of existing building for isolation facility, construction of isolation facility, purchase of medicines, purchase of personal protective equipment (PPEs), emergency supplies, water storage and amenities and cash-for-work scheme.

Despite a shorten approach in implementation this year, the program will see to it that the process will not be compromised, to be guided with CDD principles of transparency, accountability, inclusivity and participatory.

The program through the Disaster Response Operations Procedure (DROP) is implemented in 25 areas in Zamboanga Peninsula.

For over 15 years of implementation of Kalahi-CIDSS program across Zamboanga Peninsula, it has Completed a total of 4333 community sub-projects in Region IX from 2003-2019.

Through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) is one of the poverty alleviation program that aims to empower communities to have access to services and to participate in a more inclusive local planning, budgeting and project implementation through Community-Driven Development (CDD) strategy.

The program covered multiple modalities using the said strategy that helped barangays in poor municipalities identified projects that fits their needs based on the decisions made by the communities themselves.

Following the Community Empowerment Activity Cycle (CEAC), the program banked on the participation of the Community Volunteers which formed part of the Barangay Sub-Project Management Committee (BSPMC) that oversees the sub-project implementation.

They had undergone several capability-building activities from project preparation workshop, procurement, finance and in community-based implementation that trained them to become competent in their respective roles and tasks which became vital in the completion of the sub-projects.

Through the Participatory Situation Analysis (PSA), barangay through the representation of their community volunteers each had presented their proposed sub-project as perceived intervention to the identified problem from which prioritization of what sub-projects must be funded derived.

Among the top sub-projects prioritized and constructed by the communities are school buildings, day care centers, health station, roads and pre and post-harvest facilities like corn mill, rice mill and solar dryer and has benefited a total of 656,375 households region wide.

The completion of these sub-projects answered the cry of the communities, who pushed for the additional school buildings and replacement of makeshift classrooms, access to health services for pregnant women and children alike, access to social services as well and support to livelihood for the locals.            

These sub-projects are the result of the participation of the communities in an effort to bring about development in their localities in coordination with their Barangay and Municipal Local Government Officials. They were fully turned-over to the communities under their respective OandM group which ensures the maintenance and functionality of the sub-projects. ###

Naging matagumpay rin ang isinagawang orientation ng KC-PAMANA IP-CDD sa Munisipalidad ng Sibuco, Zamboanga del Norte kasama ang mga katuwang sa implementasyon mula sa OPAPP at NCIP, MLGU, BLGU, at ilang IP leaders.

Hindi na bago ang programang PAMANA sa Sibuco, ngunit sa panibagong implementasyon na ito ay nakasentro naman sa pagpapaunlad ng kapakanan ng ating mga kababayang IPs.

Mananatili pa rin ang prosesong Community-Driven Development (CDD) na sasailalim sa Disaster Response Operation Modality/Procedure sa pagpili ng mga proyektong naangkop sa pangangailangan ng bawat CADT ngayong panahong may pandemya.

Ilang pang kabilang sa batch 3 ng nasabing programa ay ang Gutalac, Tigbao at Zamboanga City.

Pasok ang apat na barangay sa lungsod ng Zamboanga sa 3rd batch ng implementasyon ng KC-PAMANA IP-CDD sa rehiyon. Ang mga ito ay ang barangay Labuan, Limpapa, Patalon (ZC) at Sitio Lipuno sa Munisipalidad ng Sibuco (ZN) na kabilang sa isang CADT.

Kaninang umaga ginanap ang orientation para sa nasabing programa na sinaksihan ng kinatawan mula sa funding agency na OPAPP at ang NCIP, naroon rin ang LGU/CSWDO, mga BLGUs, at ilang IP Leaders kasama ang DSWD OIC-Regional Director Fatima S. Caminan, Kalahi RPMO at Area Coordinating Team.

Ito ang unang pagkakataon na mapabilang ang Zamboanga City sa KC-PAMANA IP-CDD mula ng naipatupad ito sa rehiyon noong 2017.

Layon ng programang ito na mabigyan ng interbensyon ang paghahatid ng serbisyo at programa sa mga komunidad na kinasasakupan ng mga katutubo nating kababayan gamit ang istratehiyang Community-Driven Development (CDD).

Tulad na ibang proyektong sakop ng Kalahi-CIDSS, ang implementasyon ay sasailalim rin sa Disaster Response Operation Modality/Procedure (DROM/P).

Isinagawa kahapon ng DSWD ang orientation para sa programang Kalahi-CIDSS sa Barangay Taluksangay, lungsod ng Zamboanga sa pamumuno ni Promotive Services Division Chief Ma. Socorro Macaso.

Ang Taluksangay ay isa sa mga napiling barangay sa lungsod na pangungunahan ang pagpapatupad ng proyekto sa ilalim ng Kapangyarihan at Kaunlaran sa Barangay (KKB) na sakop ng nasabing programa.

Layon nito ay makapag-ambag sa pangkalahatang layunin ng programa na mabigyang kapangyarihan ang mahihirap na mga komunidad upang maipahayag ang kanilang desisyon sa pagkamit sa mga serbisyo at dagdagan ang kanilang pakikilahok sa lokal na pagpaplano, pagbabadyet, at pagpapatakbo ng proyektong tutugon sa kanilang pangangailangan.

At sa parehong pagkakataon ay nakasentro rin ang programa upang tulungan ang mga komunidad sa pagtugon laban sa paglaganap ng COVID-19 sa pamamagitan ng Disaster Response Operation Modality/Procedure (DROM/P) na siyang magsisilbing gabay sa kanila sa pagtukoy ng sub-projects.

“Bilang Timuay, hangad ko lamang na maging masaya ang mga tao sa aming komunidad. Masaya ako dahil nagawa namin ang sub-project at lahat ay makabenepisyo sa pinatayong Water System Level II sa aming lugar. Masaya ako na naging matagumpay ito dahil sa suportang binigay ng buong komunidad sa amin”. 

Ito ang pangarap ni Timuay Junrey Andapit para sa kanyang kinasasakupan. Bukod sa pagiging isang Tribal Leader ay nagsisilbi ring siya bilang isang Barangay Kagawad sa Tinaplan, Leon B. Postigo, Zamboanga del Norte.

Ang kanilang barangay ay may layong 15 kilometro mula sa poblacion at nasa 70% sa mga taga rito ay katulad niyang Subanen. Kwento niya ay simple lamang ang pamumuhay sa kanilang lugar, karamihan ang pangunahing pinagkakakitaan ay ang pagbebenta ng kopras at goma. Kung mauubusan man ng bigas ay nairaraos naman sila ng tanim na mais, o kamoteng kahoy at saging na rin.

Dati na rin naging bahagi ng implementasyon ng Kalahi-CIDSS ang Bayan ng Leon Postigo kung kaya’t hindi na rin nanibago ang mga residente sa pagtanggap sa PAMANA IP-CDD. Sa katunayan gamit na gamit pa rin sa ngayon ang mga proyektong naipatayo noon ng Kalahi sa kanilang barangay.

Ngunit naroon pa rin naman ang kakulangan nila ng maayos na sistema ng patubig. Isa ito sa nakitang problema ng komunidad, kahit na mayroon silang water source ay wala naman silang reservoir. Ang kanilang water source ay nasa level I lamang at nag-iisa lang ang tapstand nito na hindi sasapat upang maserbisyuhan ang buong barangay maging ang kalapit nitong komunidad.

Ayon kay Timuay Junrey, kinakailangan pa nilang umalis ng maaga, pumila upang makapag-igib ng tubig dahil malayo-layo rin ang lalakarin patungo sa kinalalagyan ng tapstand.

Kung kaya’t napagkasunduan mula sa Tribal Leaders Meeting kasama rin ang mga opisyales ng barangay na bigyang prayoridad ang hinaing nilang water system.

Ang Water System Level II sub-project na kabilang sa implementasyon ng Batch 2, Cycle 1 ay nakadisenyo na may anim ngunit sila ay nakabuo ng labin-isang tapstand na nasadya sa matataong lugar sa kanilang barangay upang maibsan ang paghihirap ng mga residente dito sa pag-igib ng tubig para sa araw-araw na pangangailangan. Ito rin ay aalalay sa Lower Tinaplan CBFM Farmer’s Association.

Nataon rin sa nararanasang pandemia ay lalong nakikita nila ang pangangailan na maipatupad sa lalong madaling panahon ang nasabing proyekto. Natapos ang paggawa sa loob ng labing-apat na araw at noong ngang ika -29 ng Mayo 2020 ay pormal nang pinasinayaan ang Water System Level II sub-project na pinondohan ng PAMANA IP-CDD sa halagang Php950,000.00.

Ang PAMANA IP-CDD ay bunga ng pagpapalawig ng kasunduan ng Office of the Presidential Adviser for Peace Process (OPAPP) at ng Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) sa pamamagitan ng Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) na nagbibigay ng interbensyon sa paghahatid ng mga serbisyo at programa na nakatuon sa komunidad ng mga Indigenous People o katutubo gamit ang Community-Driven Development. 

Ilang taon na rin mula nang naisakatupan ng isang pulitiko ang kanilang patubig, ngunit laking pasasalamat ni Timuay Junrey sa programa dahil hindi niya akalain sa dami ng barangay sa Leon Postigo ay nabigyang prayoridad ang hinaing nila.

Aniya “napahimuslan na namo ang proyekto, nagpasalamat kog dako bisan pay lisod ang trabaho ug tambong sa mga meeting pero nalipay ko kay successful ang project sa among barangay. Dili na maglisod sa tubig tungod nga duol na sa among tukaran”.

(Nagagamit na namin ang proyekto, laking pasasalamat ko kahit na mahirap ang trabaho at kailangang dumalo sa mga pagpupulong, pero natutuwa ako kasi natagumpayan namin ang proyekto sa aming barangay. Hindi na mahihirapan pa sa pag-salok tubig dahil nandito na lamang sa aming bakuran.) ###