For Pagbabangnan residents of San Julian town in Eastern Samar, the improvement of an access road will pave the way to a better and comfortable life. It would mean greater opportunities for education, health facilities, disaster-response programs and other services, and socio-economic development.
This was testified by community volunteer Ben Casaba during the turn-over ceremony, “With the access road, it will now become easier for us to go to our evacuation center when calamity or disaster strikes,” he said.
So with Barangay Council member Greg Cainto stated that “ It will be now safe for the children when going to school, and for residents traveling to and from the town proper.” For his part, Municipal Mayor Dennis Estaron said that “facilitating locally stranded individuals to accommodate in the quarantine facility in their barangay will no longer be of difficulty.”Estaron also extended appreciation towards DSWD for its unfaltering assistance to the municipal and barangays. He assured that the municipal local government unit (MLGU) will always support the immediate needs of community residents, especially during this new normal. DSWD Kalahi-CIDSS Field Office VIII official turned over on Friday, May 7, a newly-constructed 369 – linear meter access road to Barangay Pagbabangnan.
The project was completed thru a Php 2.5 million fund support from the Department of Social Welfare and Development Kalahi-CIDSS, thru its Kapangyarihan at Kaunlaran sa Barangay (KKB), implementing the Community Driven Development (CDD) strategy. Meanwhile, OIC-Division Chief Natividad Sequito of the Promotions Division of DSWD Field Office VIII, in her message, encouraged the community to continue to help the government and LGU by participating in any development activities whereby the Community-Driven Development (CDD) strategy is introduced. Sequito added that the COVID -19 pandemic has offered a “new normal” or revolutionary change in life. Thus, she encouraged them to heed the call for appropriate and responsive project interventions so that communities will become more resilient. She concluded her message by assuring that “DSWD thru Kalahi-CIDSS will always guide and assist the LGUs and communities to be one step ahead of the challenge.”
Others present during the turn-over ceremony were Police Chief Master Sergeant Eduardo Sande, Municipal Social Welfare and Development Officer Ma. Teresita Calvadores, teachers, Barangay Chairperson Lorenzo Ade and other members of the Barangay Council, community volunteers, beneficiaries, and Kalahi-CIDSS Deputy Regional Program Manager Gerardo Peneda. #DSWDMayMalasakit#MagKalahiTayoPilipinas#ThisIs8!
