From the Philippine News Agency (Jul 4): Multi-sectoral group to bring gov’t services to poor villages through countryside development caravan
It’s all systems go for bringing government services in the countryside, especially in identified poor villages in Bicol.
Various government agencies and private sector volunteers have joined hands in conducting a countryside development caravan that will bring health, infrastructure, social and livelihood services to the poorest of the poor villages in Bicol, according to Bernardo Rafael Alejandro, Office of Civil Defense (OCD) regional director and Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council chair.
Alejandro said the inter-agency program will be carried out in the middle of July this year and will be piloted in at least 44 poor villages in Albay.
He said the project was adopted from Albay Gov. Joey Salceda, who conceptualized the community service project as a prelude to rural development.
The development caravan, which will start on July 15 and end on Dec. 31, will bring health, engineering, education and livelihood services to initially 44 poor villages.
Once successful, the caravan will be replicated in other provinces with poverty-stricken villages, Alejandro said.
The blueprint for the countryside development program has been completed and is awaiting implementation.
The OCD, Armed Forces of thePhilippines
He said the community program is not a new one as this has been implemented in various endeavors in the past.
For instance, the AFP, for the past years, has become a lead agency in implementing the Bayanihan aimed at achieving lasting peace, stability and development, and improved socio-economic well- being of communities, he said.
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It’s all systems go for bringing government services in the countryside, especially in identified poor villages in Bicol.
Various government agencies and private sector volunteers have joined hands in conducting a countryside development caravan that will bring health, infrastructure, social and livelihood services to the poorest of the poor villages in Bicol, according to Bernardo Rafael Alejandro, Office of Civil Defense (OCD) regional director and Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council chair.
Alejandro said the inter-agency program will be carried out in the middle of July this year and will be piloted in at least 44 poor villages in Albay.
He said the project was adopted from Albay Gov. Joey Salceda, who conceptualized the community service project as a prelude to rural development.
The development caravan, which will start on July 15 and end on Dec. 31, will bring health, engineering, education and livelihood services to initially 44 poor villages.
Once successful, the caravan will be replicated in other provinces with poverty-stricken villages, Alejandro said.
The blueprint for the countryside development program has been completed and is awaiting implementation.
The OCD, Armed Forces of the
He said the community program is not a new one as this has been implemented in various endeavors in the past.
For instance, the AFP, for the past years, has become a lead agency in implementing the Bayanihan aimed at achieving lasting peace, stability and development, and improved socio-economic well- being of communities, he said.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=540982