KALAHI-CIDSS Cycle-2 continues in Hernani town

By Samuel D. Candido

Tuesday 5th of June 2012

BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar, June 5 (PIA) -- After successfully completing the first cycle of the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the Hernani local government unit (LGU) is again implementing another batch of infrastructure projects which would benefit 11 of its barangays.

For Cycle 2, the Sub-Project Implementation (SPI) started on January 31; the KALAHI-CIDSS total grant entitlement for Cycle 2 projects is P 8.3 million.

In an interview with PIA, Mayor Edgar C. Boco said that this second batch of infrastructures is a proof of their strong partnership with the KALAHI-CIDDS. According to him, for the good of his constituents, the municipal government will always be supportive of such endeavors.

“Basta para sa kabutihan ng mga barangays, the municipal government will always be there to support them,” Mayor Boco quipped.

Among the approved projects included in the second cycle are: construction of one-room Elementary School Building, construction of pathwalk with grouted rip-rap, sanitary toilets, drainage canal, barangay-based reforestation, and construction of drainage system. These projects are still on-going.

Boco added that the KALAHI-CIDDS Cycle 2 projects are being implemented in barangays 1, 2, 3, 4, Nagaja, Batang, Garawon, San Miguel, Padang, Cancilides, and Cacatmonan.

For this Cycle 2 projects, the KALAHI-CIDDS total grant entitlement is P 5.8 million; the provincial LGU counterpart is P 285,000; the municipal LGU counterpart is P 334,243; and the barangay counterpart is P 392,906,000 or a total of P 1,012,149 from the LGUs.

For the first cycle, among the projects with a total grant entitlement of P 5.8 million were : water system, drainage canal, day care center, sanitary toilets, and river control. These projects had been completed and were turned-over to the respective barangays,.

In a separate interview, KALAHI-CIDSS Area Coordinator, Marlon B. Glino said that for Eastern Samar, the CIDSS areas are Sulat, Can-avid, Balangiga, Hernani, Jipapad, Maslog, and San-Policarpo.

It can be recalled that recently, three municipalities had been added to the list of CIDSS area where poverty eradication projects are set to be implemented: Dolores, Llorente, and Gen. Mac-Arthur.

KALAHI-CIDSS is a government poverty alleviation project being implemented by DSWD. (S. Candido/PIA-E. Samar.)