The Department of Social Welfare and Development lauded 10 municipalities for their exemplary contributions and creativity in showcasing the impact of Project LAWA (Local Adaptation to Water Access) at BINHI (Breaking Insufficiency through Nutritious Harvest for the Impoverished).
Special Assistant to the Secretary (SAS) Maria Isabel Lanada said these local government units were the winners of a recently-concluded reel-making contest initiated by the DSWD.
Lanada said the competition aimed to raise the importance of community-based projects in alleviating poverty, food insecurity, and the greater issue of climate change.
The awarding of the 10 LGUs last December 2 at the National Convention on Project LAWA at BINHI also marked the celebration of the project’s first anniversary.
The winning municipalities were Tagoloan in Misamis Oriental (1st Place); Santa Catalina in Negros Oriental (2nd); Monkayo in Davao de Oro (3rd); Braulio E. Dujali in Davao del Norte (4th); Siayan in Zamboanga del Norte (5th); Lebak in Sultan Kudarat (6th); Carmen in Cotabato (7th); Ilagan in Isabela (8th); Godod in Zamboanga del Norte (9th); and Compostela in Davao de Oro (10th).
All the 10 winning LGUs received solar-powered water filtration equipment from Pure H2O and P30,000 in cash incentives.
Lanada said the DSWD will continue to leverage on Project LAWA at BINHI’s Cash-for-Training/Work (CFT/W) to raise awareness on climate change and disaster preparedness, particularly among vulnerable communities.
“The formula to properly address disaster is to lessen the vulnerabilities of communities and increase their capacity,” Lanada said.
