Metamorphosis_Kalahi-CIDSS Compendium 2015
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Strangers' Chance for Change<br />
11<br />
To where their feet may lead them. Area Coordinating team of Langiden, Abra crossing the<br />
dried Abra River to reach far flung communities whom they love serving*<br />
By Mayrose Urbano-Cariño and Isidro P. Bulayo<br />
What makes community organizing especially attractive is the faith it places<br />
in the ability of the poor to make decisions for themselves. - Paul Wellstone<br />
In a place where there seemed to be a “no man’s place” because of its geographical<br />
location is where a group of total strangers were designated for the <strong>Kalahi</strong>-<strong>CIDSS</strong><br />
Project.<br />
February 2012 was when the Project started in Langiden, Abra. Dubbed as “The<br />
Killing Field of the North,” the fear this connotes to the place did not become<br />
hindrance to the group of strangers who still went on and immersed with the<br />
community. The group did the Social Preparation first. Hiking and walking for<br />
kilometers of dessert like rugged roads were their little accomplishments which they
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