DAVAO CITY ---“We are set to release a total of P36,743,813.00-worth of
services and programs on Friday for the 17th leg of the ARENA XI
Serbisyo Caravan slated in Barangay Ngan, Compostela town,” said Director
Priscilla N. Razon of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
Among
the Department’s programs are Sustainable Livelihood, Social Pension, Pantawid
Pamilya and Kalahi-CIDSS.
“We
will also handover 4100 family food packs, educational supplies, and assistive
devices such as wheelchairs and crutches,” Director Razon said.
Through
the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, DSWD will implement Cash-For-Work for
beneficiaries of Modified Conditional Cash Transfer in the barangay, Director
Razon said.
Moreover,
the 17 Kalahi-CIDSS sub-projects being implemented in the town include
community activity centers, double-barrel box culvert, 3-classroom high school
buildings, 2-classroom elementary school buildings, potable water system, and a
multi-purpose building, she added.
ARENA XI or Association of Regional Executives of National
Agencies in Region XI is composed
of heads and assistant heads of regional offices of national government
agencies based in Davao City. It was organized sometime in 1978.
ARENA XI has been actively involved in the delivery of basic
government services in depressed communities in South Eastern Mindanao through
its “Serbisyo Caravan” project, reaching out to as far as the municipalities of
Boston in Davao Oriental, Don Marcelino and Sarangani in Davao Occidental,
Kapalong in Davao del Norte, Paquibato District in Davao City, Maco in
Compostela Valley, and recently in Talaingod, Davao Del Norte which was
attended by Cabinet Secretaries.
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