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Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) community volunteers of Barangay Claro M. Recto, Maigo, Lanao del Norte are well underway with their Concreting of 0.160 kilometer Barangay Access Road community sub-project. The volunteers ensure their community that the construction materials delivered to them are in accordance to industry standards in construction. Here are photos of the community volunteers in Maigo as they inspect the delivered materials.

DSWD Kalahi-CIDSS ensures that communities are actively involved in the process from start to end. Not only are they given direct access and control of the funds for their community projects, they also have the opportunity to participate in making key development decisions for their communities.

In the Philippines, the Community-Driven Development (CDD) approach is implemented through the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services – National Community-Driven Development Program (Kalahi-CIDSS NCDDP) under the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).

The DSWD Kalahi-CIDSS and its community volunteers are advocating for Community-Driven Development (CDD) institutionalization in the local governments for the continuation and sustainability of its gains and empowered communities.

Petronilo J. Salac Jr., a community volunteer of Barangay Claro M. Recto, Maigo, Lanao del Norte, inspects the delivered coconut lumbers based on the specifications agreed in the procurement documents. These will be used as wood forms for the Concreting of 0.160 kilometer Barangay Access Road. Petronilo is a Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) Barangay Sub-Project Management Committee (BSPMC) chairperson since 2014. Petronilo has a degree in Nautical Engineering and is also a businessman. (Photo by Area Coordinating Team of Maigo, Lanao del Norte)
BSPMC chairperson Petronilo J. Salac Jr inspects the quantity and quality of base course delivered to the community for the DSWD Kalahi-CIDSS Concreting of 0.160 kilometer Barangay Road in Claro M. Recto, Maigo, Lanao del Norte. (Photo by Area Coordinating Team of Maigo, Lanao del Norte)
Community volunteer and Bids and Awards Committee Head Fructoso Tejano (left) records the quantity of base course delivered in Barangay Claro M. Recto, Maigo, Lanao del Norte for the Concreting of 0.160kilomter barangay road together with BSPMC Chairperson Petronilo J. Salac Jr. (right). Fructoso is a graduate of Mechanical Engineering and has also served the community as a volunteer and embraced the Community-Driven Development approach. (Photo by Area Coordinating Team of Maigo, Lanao del Norte)
(From left) Technical Facilitator Eugene Eric A. Suarez, Barangay Sub-Project Management Committee (BSPMC) Bids and Awards Committee Head Fructoso Tejano and BSPMC Chairperson Petronilo J. Salac Jr. check the delivered base coarse for the Concreting of 0.160 km. Barangay Road in Claro M. Recto, Maigo, Lanao del Norte (Photo by Area Coordinating Team of Maigo, Lanao del Norte)