DSWD gives P9.5M worth of projects to Ginatilan town

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-7 turned over six community sub-projects amounting to P9.5 million to the Municipality of Ginatilan, Cebu in order to address issues on health and sanitation in the area.

Through the department’s additional financing of the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS), DSWD7 delivered its commitment to provide support to poor municipalities affected by the pandemic while empowering communities to come out stronger in their fight against the COVID-19.

Barangays Calambawan, Cagsing, Palanas, Poblacion, Looc, and San Roque received communication devices, medical tools, equipment, isolation facility with amenities, and rehabilitation of water systems.

The local government of Ginatilan has received the program by fully supporting the implementation that started in November 2021 by giving their cash and in-kind contributions and constant monitoring of projects.

The program provided project funds and trained the community volunteers.

Area Coordinator Michael L. Alelen said that these sub-projects were implemented smoothly and properly since some of their volunteers already had experience with the program’s previous implementation.

DSWD-7 in a statement said that their KALAHI-CIDSS Additional Financing implementation has already produced 334 volunteers with 126 women, and 10 of them now hold leadership posts while projects are now being used by the community.

“Communities believe KALAHI-CIDSS has given them an opportunity to understand how government projects are done and allow people to participate in community development,” DSWD7 said.

The municipal government of Ginatilan also vows to support the program through continuous operations of these projects by allocating annual budgets and resolutions to support its sustainability.

KALAHI-CIDSS, is a poverty-alleviation and community empowerment program of DSWD. It has been in partnership with key partners in promoting accountability, transparency, and empowerment of communities to address various dimensions of poverty. —