Safety First. Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services – National Community Driven Development (Kalahi CIDSS-NCDDP) Women volunteers wearing personal protective equipment in Barangay Baga, Panaon, Misamis Occidental show off their skills during the construction of a Barangay Health station in their barangay as a supply side component of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s poverty alleviation flagship program – the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. The 30% labor force, during the sub-project implementation, comprises women. Kalahi CIDSS-NCDDP in the Philippines promotes the emerging concept of Community-Driven Development as a poverty alleviation strategy.

Photo by Gilmar Yamba, DSWD Area Coordinator, Panaon, MisOcc