As part of its efforts to promote the institutionalization of community-driven development, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is set to turn over more than 600 community-based projects to various communities nationwide under the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services – National Community Driven Development Program (KALAHI-CIDSS) within the second quarter of this year.
KALAHI-CIDSS is one of the poverty alleviation projects of the DSWD that aims to empower communities in targeted poor and disaster-affected municipalities, to achieve improved access to services and to participate in more inclusive local planning, budgeting implementation, and disaster risk reduction and management.
Of these 662 community-based projects, 10 are to be turned over in the provinces of Region I; 212 in Region II; 3 in MIMAROPA; 16 in CALABARZON; 147 in Region V; 46 in Region VII; 20 in Region VIII; 141 in Region IX; 23 in Region X; and 44 sub-projects in Region XII.
Some of the sub-projects include access roads, improved water systems, refurbished multi-purpose buildings, drainage canals, medical supplies, tools, equipment, PPEs, and facilities for COVID-19 Response, barangay health station, and Child Development Centers among others.
From 2016 to February 2022, KALAHI-CIDSS has already completed 28,194 sub-projects benefiting 8,384,693 households around the country.
KALAHI-CIDSS uses a community-driven development approach as a national strategy for community participation in development work. It empowers communities for improved access to basic services and higher participation in more inclusive local governance.
DSWD to turn over 662 community-based projects to poor municipalities
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