DAVAO
CITY, Dec. 08 – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the
region will be conducting today the 1st Regional ‘Bayani Ka’ Awards at Grand
Men Seng Hotel, this city.
The
Awards intends to acknowledge the hard work of the local, everyday heroes who
put their own communities before their own selves.
DSWD-11
celebrates the event through the KALAHI CIDSS-NCDDP (Kapit-Bisig Laban sa
Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services-National
Community Driven Development Program).
“The
volunteers of KALAHI CIDSS are our new generation of champions who will help us
in our advocacy of making community-driven development (CDD) a reality,” said
DSWD-11 Director Priscilla N. Razon.
The
awardees will serve as spokespersons of the program in their respective areas.
“The
Awards will not impose age, gender, and ethnicity restrictions, since the
program adheres to the social inclusion principle,” Razon explained.
She
added, “The awardees must be based in a KALAHI CIDSS area, must have a good
character, must not be involved in activities that will result in conflict of
interest with KALAHI CIDSS, and his/her community should have implemented the
program for at least one cycle.”
Volunteer-nominees
must also possess the following qualities/characteristics: (1)Bayani
-Exemplifies the bayanihan spirit by willingness to help people and the
community, particularly toward welfare and development; (2) Abilidad/Ability
-Work done in KALAHI-CIDSS has contributed to improving the community; (3)
Yakag /Persuasion -Eloquence and ability to persuade the people to take part in
community activities through KALAHI-CIDSS; (4) Asal -The nominee walks the
talk, demonstrates participation, transparency, and accountability; (5) Nais
-The nominee shows strong motivation to help the community; and (6) Inspirasyon
- Serves as a role model within the community.
The
Bayani Ka Awards is a social marketing initiative of KALAHI CIDSS-NCDDP which
seeks not only to recognize the exemplary work done by program supporters but
also to develop a pool of champions to help in promoting the program.
“We
will award community volunteers, and local government units that are champions
in Volunteerism, Improved Local Governance, Indigenous Peoples’ Welfare, and
Gender,” Razon said.
KALAHI
CIDSS-NCDDP Regional Deputy Project Manager Ma. Annabelle S. Jabla said special
awards will also be given.
“The
Office will also award the best person with disability (PWD) volunteer, best
senior citizen volunteer, best indigenous peoples volunteer, and best in
participatory governance for MLGU.”
The
regional winners will receive plaque of recognition and their profiles will be
sent to DSWD National Office for the Bayani Ka National Awarding in 2015.
"Our
volunteers from KALAHI CIDSS targeted areas, Local Government Units and Civil
Society Organizations will also join us on this memorable event," Jabla
said.
KALAHI
CIDSS- NCDDP is the expansion program in a national scale of operations of the
community driven development (CDD) approach which was tried and proven
effective by Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated
Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS). (DSWD-11/Julie Ace Brandon F.
Ramos/ccd)
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