The Spanish-funded Poder Y Prosperidad dela Communidad is set to construct six health stations and five school buildings for elementary, high school and kindergarten in a town of Agusan del Sur province, it was learned Sunday.
The construction of health stations and school buildings in far-flung villages in Sibagat town of that same province is part of the Spanish-funded Poder 5 Project.
This new development, after the conduct of the Expanded Municipal Development Council – Participatory Development and Resource Allocation (EMDC-PDPRA) activity joined by leaders and residents of the municipality’s 24 barangays, it was also learned.
Poder 5 Project is a continuation of the Poder Y Prosperidad dela Communidad Project implemented in the Caraga region for five years now.
Managed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Poder 5 now focuses on the supply-side of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), another program of the DSWD which provide cash grants to extremely poor households to improve their health, nutrition and education particularly 0-14 years old children.
Poder 5 aims to provide classrooms and health centers necessary for these 4Ps beneficiaries.
It was gathered that a total of Php 8.1 million was allocated for the twelve fortunate barangays who in turn will give their cash counterparts ranging from Php 50,000 to Php 100,000. Counterparting is necessary in the Poder 5 Project as this consequently achieves the community’s “sense of ownership†of the sub-project, it was also gathered.
Meanwhile, members of the municipal office committed to give additional funding support to those barangays who cannot be funded by Poder. - pna
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