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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.