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<strong>KALAHI</strong>Serye 2016|| 3<br />

volunteers shared that she could now wear her<br />

shoes and high heeled sandals to attend meetings<br />

and social events. With the paved roads and<br />

pathways in her barangay, she observed that<br />

hauling of vegetables became easier and faster.<br />

For Celia, the FMR has helped reduce the<br />

hauling cost of vegetables and the need for middle<br />

men. Now, they can directly deliver their produce<br />

in Bambang, Nueva Viscaya which positively<br />

increased their income.<br />

After listening to their testimonies, Redaja<br />

remarked “I thought that there is nothing small<br />

about these people who have known too much<br />

deprivation and yet have refused to give up. There<br />

is nothing small about their acts of generosity<br />

when they give their time and energy to build<br />

these beautiful roads that will be their pathway to<br />

more opportunities.”<br />

THE KULPI’D ASIPULO<br />

The town fiesta is celebrated annually every April<br />

originally to commemorate the noble achievements<br />

of their ancestors. Previously, the Kulpi is celebrated<br />

for a fruitful and bountiful rice harvest and show<br />

of cultural customs and traditions of the Ifugaos.<br />

Now, it has evolved to include the celebration of<br />

their efforts, achievements and dreams to lead<br />

their own progress.<br />

The Kulpi included contests on indigenous<br />

games, booth, cultural parade and cultural<br />

extravaganza.<br />

In her message during the event, Redaja said<br />

“the paved roads are a testament of your hard<br />

work and the triumph of your participation. I<br />

am privileged to have witnessed this important<br />

milestone in the life of a village in Asipulo (referring<br />

to Barangay Nungawa).”<br />

“Your stories are an inspiration for those of us<br />

in government who share your dream of a better<br />

life,” she continued.<br />

As part of the Kulpi, a ceremonial marker<br />

installation at six sub-projects in the municipality<br />

was conducted. Together with representatives<br />

from the National and Regional Program<br />

Management Office of Kalahi <strong>CIDSS</strong> and Provincial<br />

Local Government Unit, the Municipal Local<br />

Government Unit led a road trip and interaction<br />

with community volunteers.<br />

The sub-projects were also turned over to the<br />

Barangay Local Government Units.<br />

INSTITUTIONALIZING THE CDD<br />

APPROACH<br />

In 2013, through the leadership of<br />

Mayor Armando Domilod, the municipality<br />

institutionalized the community-driven<br />

development approach through Executive Order<br />

number 14 organizing the Community-Driven<br />

Development and Poverty Alleviation Program also<br />

called Pan-Aamungan (convergence) Program.<br />

In line with this is the creation of a working<br />

structure which comprised the municipal<br />

inter-agency coordinators with the mayor as<br />

the program manager. With the inclusion of<br />

Infrastructure Development Technical Assistants,<br />

Roving Bookeeper and Community Facilitators in<br />

the working structure, the municipality hired job<br />

order personnel to fill these positions.<br />

As a municipality with good performance<br />

record having institutionalized CDD, they received<br />

19 million incentive grant from Kalahi-<strong>CIDSS</strong><br />

Millennium Challenge Corporation to implement<br />

six sub-projects in 2016.<br />

As of now, Asipulo is the only municipality in<br />

the Cordillera that institutionalized the communitydriven<br />

development process.

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