Through the Community-Driven Development (CDD) approach, Kalahi-CIDSS empowers Filipinos to take the lead in their community's development.
Piñan, Zamboanga Del Norte – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) launched the Mindanao cluster Additional Financing (AF) for the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Integrated Delivery of Social Services National Community Driven Development Program (KALAHI CIDSS - NCDDP) on Sept. 6, 2021 at Manuel Resort in the municipality of Piñan, Zamboanga Del Norte.
Cordillera Administrative Region- The Local Government Unit of Pasil in Kalinga Province received a Municipal Isolation Facility on 26 August 2021. Implemented under the Department of Social Welfare and Development's Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services - National Community Driven Development Program (KALAHI CIDSS - NCDDP), the facility has a floor area of 225 square meter with ten individual isolation rooms and a nurse’s station.
Legazpi City, Albay - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) officially launched the Additional Financing (AF) of the Kapit-Bisig sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services - National Community-Driven Development Program (KALAHI CIDSS - NCDDP) for the Luzon Cluster on 22 July, 2020 at the Hotel St. Ellis in Legazpi City, Albay.
The CDD Bill will provide opportunities for ordinary Filipinos, especially those who are poor, vulnerable, and marginalized, to participate in identifying, planning, budgeting, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating community-based programs, projects, and activities.
“Listening to my mother’s story about her active involvement as KALAHI-CIDSS volunteer encourages me to become a volunteer, too”, says Jhayra Alcayde, from the municipality of Biliran, Biliran.
Participation is one the key principles in achieving community’s development. It is also one of the main features of Community-Driven Development (CDD), an approach used by the Department of Social Welfare and Development's Kapit-bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social - National Community Driven Development Program Services (DSWD KALAHI CIDSS - NCDDP) in its project implementation.
KALAHI-CIDSS enables the effective and efficient delivery of social services through the CDD's core principles of Transparency, Participation, and Accountability
KALAHI-CIDSS empowers community members to become active drivers of development by facilitating the implementation of community sub-projects, especially in the poorest and most marginalized communities of the country
Transparency is operationalized when community members are able to participate in all levels of decision-making. The execution, implementation, monitoring, and management of community-based projects implemented by NGAs and LGUs are led by the community members.
Participation is operationalized when national government agencies and LGUs allow and foster the meaningful participation of community members throughout the development process. This participation should be present not only in the identification of community issues and problems, but also in the implementation of solutions to address them.
Accountability is operationalized when community members are engaged in the monitoring and evaluation of projects. Moreover, there is accountability when community members are empowered to take actions based on information that they themselves chose to take into consideration.
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