MIMAROPAhayagan 2018 1st Sem

Magsaysay, Occidental Mindoro—The
Human Chain Activity was a successful
endeavor. Almost 2,500 people
from different Mangyan Sub-Tribes,
community volunteers, Pantawid
Pamilya beneficiaries, Kalahi CIDSS staff
from Regional and National Program
Management Office, Municipal Staff,
civil society organizations, students,
and people from the neighboring town
of Sablayan have passed-on sacks
of aggregates on the mountainous
terrain of Sitio Nalwak to reach Sitio
Bambanay.
The Human Chain Activity was
organized by the Municipal Action
Team of DSWD Magsaysay Occidental
Mindoro together with the Local
Government Unit for the benefit of
the Mangyan communities in Sitio
Bambanay.
The goal of the activity is to deliver
aggregates to be used for the
construction of the foot trail Sub-Project
identified by the IPs in Sitio Bambanay
as their most pressing need.
This will come in fruition through the
“bayanihan” strategy where the people
would line-up from Sitio Nalwak up to
Sitio Bambanay and would pass sacks
of aggregates The activity started from
5 in the morning until 11 in the morning.
The distance between Sitio Nalwak and
Sitio Bambanay stretches around 2.7 km
on a mountainous terrain. There were 20
stations wherein one station stretches
to 135 meters.
The stations began at station zero (0)
where pantawid women beneficiaries
put aggregates in the sacks and pass
it to people positioned at station zero
(0) until it reached station twenty. The
furthest that the aggregates reached
int he half day activity was at station ten
(10). However, Area coordinator Rosalie
Frane said she is grateful that people