CITY OF TABUK, Kalinga (PIA) – – Barangays of this city are expected benefit from the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services – Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan Indigenious Peoples-Community Driven Development (KALAHI CIDSS-PAMANA IP -CDD ) program.
The Sangguniang Panlungsod through a resolution authorized the local chief executive to enter into a memorandum of agreement with the Department of Social Welfare and Development, the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) and the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process for the funding and implementation of a total of P26.4 million worth of projects for 22 barangays of Tabuk City.
Vice Mayor Dick Bal-o informed that each recipient barangay will receive P1.2 million from the national government through the KALAHI CIDSS-PAMANA IP-CDD Program for 2023 and it shall be implemented following the Disaster Response Operations Modality.
The program aims to empower IP communities affected by or vulnerable to conflict and engage them as active partners in development by involving them in culture and gender-sensitive processes of identifying community needs, planning for and implementing appropriate sub-projects, and participating in monitoring project outputs and result. (JDP/PAB-PIA CAR, Kalinga)
