Exactly two days before Christmas, a total of 144 households from Himokilan, the only island barangay of Hindang, Leyte were given solar panels as part of KALAHI CIDSS-NCDDP’s Solar Powered Electrification System worth Php 1.9 M thru the grant of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). The success of the sub-project was the result of the community-driven development (CDD) strategy which brings power back to the people of Himokilan by giving them the capacity and opportunity to make decisions on issues contributing to their poverty situation.