Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Undersecretary for Inclusive – Sustainable Peace and Special Concerns (ISPSC) Alan Tanjusay led the ceremonial turn-over and ribbon cutting of the 1-kilometer concrete road with a reinforced concrete pipe culvert to community-recipients in Barangay San Jose, San Mariano town, Isabela province on Thursday (September 19).

With a total cost of over Php10 million, the joint project of the DSWD and local government unit (LGU) of San Mariano will benefit 199 barangays with 7,700 households in Isabela province.

In a similar activity on Wednesday (September 18), Undersecretary Tanjusay led the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of two solar drying pavements in Barangay Asinga in Baggao, Cagayan. The project is designed to enhance corn production and raise productivity of the farmers in the province.

The concrete road and drying pavements are sub projects under the DSWD’s Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) and the Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (PAMANA).

The KALAHI-CIDSS is a program that uses the Community-Driven Development (CDD) approach to reduce poverty and promote empowerment and community volunteerism.

The PAMANA, as one of the modalities of KALAHI-CIDSS, aims to improve access of conflict-affected barangays to basic social services and responsive, transparent, and accountable local governments. #