Promoting transparency and listening to the voice of the community ̶ this is the purpose of the Municipal Talakayan, an initiative of Kapit-bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services National Community-Driven Development Program (Kalahi-CIDSS NCDDP). The Municipal Talakayan aims to present the developmental plans, and to ensure that these plans will respond continue reading : Kalahi-CIDSS bridges community gaps thru Municipal Talakayan

Far. Steep. Narrow. Slippery. Dangerous. These words are never enough to describe the path to reach Barangay Danac in Sugpon, Ilocos Sur. After a two-hour trip from the national highway of Bangar, La Union, through steeps and slopes and the angry Amburayan River, another four-hour walk is needed to reach the remote barangay. Residents go continue reading : Kalahi-CIDSS paves easy way home

Strengthened partnership for extensive advocacy propagation—this is the aim of the recently conducted Kalahi-CIDSS Media Forum. Media partners from the provinces of Region 1 were gathered in Baguio City to engage them in spreading the news of Community-Driven Development (CDD) to the partner beneficiaries and stakeholders. Kalahi-CIDSS aims to empower the deprived and disadvantaged through continue reading : Kalahi-CIDSS and the Media: Partners in Spreading the CDD Advocacy

Volunteers from three barangays went home relieved and excited after the recently conducted Municipal Inter-Barangay Forum for Participatory Resource Allocation (MIBF-PRA) of the Municipality of Sigay, Ilocos Sur. Subprojects of Barangays Matallucod, San Ramon, and San Elias were chosen and prioritized to be given grants to implement their sub-projects. The MIBF-PRA is a venue for continue reading : Kalahi-CIDSS grants three sub-projects in Sigay

In the recently conducted Regional Recognition for Innovative and Excellent Practices held at Manila City, Kalahi-CIDSS Field Office 1 brings home the Gawad Kalahi Award for Innovation and Breakthrough in CDD Management for Effective Engagement with the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP). The partnership between the Department of Social Welfare and Development and NCIP continue reading : DSWD-NCIP Partnership Garners Recognition

Burgos, Pangasinan recently conducted its hand-over ceremony for the five remaining sub-projects completing the six Kalahi-CIDSS sub-projects in the Municipality. The full ownership of the sub-projects is now handed to the community. Bundled with this, the responsibility of maintenance, safekeeping and sustenance is now in the shoulders of the barangay members. Earlier this year, Burgos continue reading : All done for Burgos, Pangasinan

Barangay Mabileg, whose name was coined from the local term “bileg” meaning power, in the Municipality of Sigay, Ilocos Sur has completed its sub-project, a Spring Source Level II Water System funded by Kalahi-CIDSS NCDDP. The said sub-project will benefit 55 households for clean and safe water source answering the basic necessity of every family. continue reading : Mabileg stages DSWD Kalahi-CIDSS NCDDP Water System sub-project

  Media practitioners from the Province of La Union and staff from the Community Service Center of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) explored the prioritized subprojects of the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services National Community-Driven Development Program (Kalahi-CIDSS NCDDP) in the Municipality of Bagulin, La Union. The continue reading : Media, NCIP explore fruits of CDD