The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) highlighted the accomplishments of the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) in its over two decades of implementation during the DSWD Thursday Media Forum on April 3 at the agency’s New Press Center in Quezon City.

“Ang Panahon ng Pagkilos ay naka-anchor doon sa success ng Kalahi-CIDSS at ang Kalahi-CIDSS po, 22 years na po kami, isa sa mga pinakamahabang programa ng DSWD,” Director Bernadette Mapue-Joaquin, KALAHI-CIDSS National Program Manager (NPM), told reporters during the weekly media forum.

The KALAHI-CIDSS NPM shared that the community-driven development (CDD) program completed 91,625 sub-projects which benefitted more than 24.5 million household-beneficiaries across the country.

The program also promoted active community volunteerism that resulted to the engagement of more than 2.9 million community volunteers, as well as the participation of 902,461 women in paid labor.

NPM Mapue-Joaquin also cited significant studies that showed how KALAHI-CIDSS have improved the access of poor communities to infrastructures and services.

“Ilan sa mga pag-aaral na ginawa doon sa Kalahi sa loob po ng dalawang dekada ng implementation, kasama na po doon yung 68 percent increase sa access to infrastructure and services. Instead na yung bata maglalakad ng pitong kilometro para makapunta sa school, yung school ang nilapit na po natin doon sa community,” Director Mapue-Joaquin explained.

One of the studies also cited that there were 67 percent participation rate of marginalized groups including Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries, female household heads, and indigenous peoples.

The KALAHI-CIDSS is a program that uses the CDD strategy which allows communities to gain control over decisions and resources.

Through the program, community members actively participate to identify and prioritize their community’s concerns and allow them to design, implement, and manage solutions to their priority community problems.

The same strategy will be employed in the newly-approved Panahon ng Pagkilos: Philippine Community Resilience Project (PCRP) where target communities will be empowered to choose the appropriate projects that will strengthen community-based mechanisms to address emerging risks, such as environmental hazards, economic shocks, and other vulnerabilities. (AKDL)

Tagalog Version

24.5M pamilya nakinabang sa KALAHI-CIDSS program ng DSWD

Ipinagmalaki ng Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) ang tagumpay na nakamit ng programang Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) kung saan sa loob ng dalawang dekadang implementasyon nito ay natulungan na nito ang mahigit sa 24M household beneficiaries.

Sa ginanap na DSWD Thursday Media Forum sa New Press Center nitong Huwebes, sinabi ni Director Bernadette Mapue-Joaquin, KALAHI-CIDSS National Program Manager (NPM), “Ang Panahon ng Pagkilos ay naka-anchor doon sa success ng Kalahi-CIDSS at ang Kalahi-CIDSS po, 22 years na po kami, isa sa mga pinakamahabang programa ng DSWD.”

Ayon pa sa KALAHI-CIDSS NPM ang nasabing community-driven development (CDD) program ay nakapagkumpleto na ng halos 91,625 sub-projects kung saan mahigit sa 24.5 million beneficiaries ang nakinabang mula dito.

Ang nasabing programa din aniya ay nagresulta sa pagkakaroon ng mahigit sa 2.9 million community volunteers, sa tulong na rin ng 902,461 kababaihan na kabilang sa mga nagtrabaho.

“Ilan sa mga pag-aaral na ginawa doon sa Kalahi sa loob po ng dalawang dekada ng implementation, kasama na po doon yung 68 percent increase sa access to infrastructure and services. Instead na yung bata maglalakad ng pitong kilometro para makapunta sa school, yung school ang nilapit na po natin doon sa community,” sabi pa ni Director Mapue-Joaquin.

Ang KALAHI-CIDSS ay kabilang sa mga programa ng DSWD gamit ang CDD strategy kung saan ang mga community members ng isang komunidad ang siyang namamahala at nagdedesisyon sa pangangailangang proyekto ng kanilang komunidad.

Samantala, sa kaparehong stratehiya din ang gagawin ng newly-approved Panahon ng Pagkilos: Philippine Community Resilience Project (PCRP) kung saan ang mga target communities ang siyang mamimili ng karapatdapat na proyekto para sa kanilang komunidad. #