Community-driven development efforts in region 10 reached 97.32% accomplishment for 2020, delivering sub-projects that address communities’ most urgent needs during this pandemic.

Earlier in 2020, Kalahi-CIDSS adopted the Disaster Response Operations Procedure (DROP) under the National Community Driven Development Program (NCDDP), allocating more than Php120 million COVID-19 response sub-projects (SPs) in health, sanitation, and economic recovery.

Out of 213 SPs, 206 are completed (96.71%), and seven are still ongoing in towns San Fernando and Quezon, Bukidnon. Covered areas for DROP also include Damulog, Kalilangan, Kibawe, Kitaotao, Malitbog, and Pantar, Lanao del Norte.

Top 10 Kalahi-CIDSS funded SPs for 2020 include: 86 Isolation/Quarantine Facilities, 48 Access Roads, 27 Tribal Halls, 27 Disaster Equipment/Tools, 19 Water System, 18 Barangay Health Stations, 18 Cash for Work, 8 Pre & Post Harvest Facilities, 5 Electrification / Lighting, and 4 Day Care Centers.

Kalahi-CIDSS Regional Program Management Office-X implements other modalities, namely MAKILAHOK (Strengthening Community Participation in Local Development) completing 19 SPs (100% accomplishment), PAMANA IP-CDD (PAyapa at MAsaganang PamayaNAn Community-Driven Development Program for Indigenous Peoples) with 29 SPs completed (100% accomplishment), KKB (Kapangyarihan at Kaunlaran sa Barangay) and CCL (Construction of Classrooms for Lumads) totaling 278 SPs carried out in 15 local government units.

DDSWD Kalahi-CIDSS-10 reports 82.74% grant utilization or Php118 million from the Php 142 million released grant. It has a total of Php156 million grant allocation. The program logs 130,040 households benefitting from the completed SPs, exceeding 1.25% from its target . Furthermore, the sub-project implementations promoted income-generating opportunities to 4,029 workers, with 830 women in paid labor.

The Kalahi-CIDSS NCDDP has secured additional funding for 2021 in 6 municipalities, along with IP-CDD in 11 municipalities (39 barangays) and KKB with 11 municipalities/cities.


DSWD Kalahi-CIDSS uses the community-driven development approach, a proven strategy in poverty alleviation that empowers local communities to identify and implement public projects they most need. It puts people at the center of development as key decision-makers and implementers, thereby facilitating empowerment and effective social service delivery.