DSWD, tribal leaders conduct ancestral domain assembly in Tagbina
TAGBINA, Surigao del Sur -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development
(DSWD)-Caraga Regional Program Management Office through Kapit-Bisig Laban sa
Kahirapan- Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services
(KALAHI-CIDSS) PAyapa at MAsaganang PamayaNAn (PAMANA) Community Driven
Development Program for Indigenous People’s (IP-CDD) conducted an Ancestral
Domain Assembly of the seven (7) barangays held at the Mayor's Office of
Tagbina, Surigao del Sur on May 10, 2023.
The beneficiaries are barangays of: Dona Carmen, Maglatab, Soriano, Hinagdanan,
Sta. Juana, Uguban all in Tagbina town, and Bigaan of Hinatuan.
The activity discussed the objectives, rationale, and implementation process of
PAMANA program by the KALAHI-CIDSS as well as the covered barangays that would
benefit from it.
The KALAHI-CIDSS PAMANA Peaceful and Resilient Communities is the national
government’s peace and development framework to respond and strengthen the
peace-building, reconstruction, and development in conflict-affected areas
(CAAs).
The program aims to deliver basic services to the IP communities by supporting
the implementation of the Ancestral Domains Sustainable Development and
Protection Plan (ADSDPP), strengthening the partnership of local governance
institutions and the Indigenous Political Structures (IPS), and building
communities’ resilience to conflict.
Mayor Glaiza Jane Polizon-Lanete of the local government unit of Tagbina
and Mayor Shem Garay of LGU-Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur expressed their
commitment and support to the program by providing cash and in-kind counterpart
for the successful implementation of sub-projects.
“With the strong partnership between the LGUs Tagbina and Hinatuan and
DSWD-KALAHI we can make a difference to empower the community and reduce
poverty in the target barangays”. Mayor Lanete said.
The salient provisions of the Indigenous Peoples Right Act and Revised Guidelines
on Free, Prior Informed Consent, especially Section 39 on the
community-solicited or initiated activities and the corresponding validation
process were elaborated by Danny Gobaton, of NCIP Training Center, Bislig City.
Meanwhile, Hawudon Nelbert Sahay, Municipal IP mandatory Representative of
Tagbina presided over the assembly, attended by Regional Cluster focal persons,
Municipal Indigenous Person Mandatory
Representative (IPMR), NCIP representatives, tribal leaders, punong
barangays, MIAC members, MCT and ACT staff of KALAHI-Tagbina.
(NGPB/LGU-Tagbina/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
