KALAHI-CIDSS’ cash-forwork trains local residents to maintain the conduct of Bayanihan-Pahina activity Months after the completion of Kapit-Bisig Laban sa KahirapanComprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services’ (KALAHI-CIDSS’) cashfor-work (CFW) project in Barangay Mahayahay, Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte, residents are still maintaining the cleanliness of their village through the conduct of monthly BayanihanPahina (cleaning) activity.
to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other diseases. The CFW, which is a subproject of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) KALAHI-CIDSS PAMANA Indigenous PeopleCommunity-Driven Development (IP-CDD) in Barangay Mahayahay, was completed on March 17, 2021.
The said subproject Barangay Mahayahay costs P1,017,820, most of residents conducted the which were paid to the regular Pahina activity to beneficiaries/workers maintain the cleanliness in the said barangay. in their vicinity in an effort It benefited 612
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households, who were paid by the program on a daily basis for work rendered for four or five days. Work includes clearing of barangay roads, declogging of canals, and eliminating garbage in the surroundings. Residents also dug compost pits and built garbage bins for proper waste disposal. They also installed signage or placards to remind residents to dispose their trash properly. Keen on keeping the tidiness of their village, Caraga INFOCUS