Showcase of success DSWD awards 10 LGUs for food-water projects
Each of the LGUs received solar-powered water filtration equipment
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has cited and awarded prizes to 10 local government units (LGUs) for their impactful livelihood projects under the agency’s Project LAWA (Local Adaptation to Water Access) at BINHI (Breaking Insufficiency through Nutritious Harvest for the Impoverished).
The top 10 municipalities based on the video showing their successful agricultural undertakings are: Tagoloan in Misamis Oriental (1st Place); Santa Catalina in Negros Oriental (2nd); Monkayo in Davao de Oro (3rd); Braulio E. Dujali in Davao del Norte (4th); Siayan in Zamboanga del Norte (5th); Lebak in Sultan Kudarat (6th); Carmen in Cotabato (7th); Ilagan in Isabela (8th); Godod in Zamboanga del Norte (9th); and Compostela in Davao de Oro (10th).
Each of the LGUs received solar-powered water filtration equipment from Pure H2O and P30,000 cash during the National Convention on Project LAWA at BINHI that also celebrated the project’s first anniversary.
“These winners vigorously spread their beautiful experiences under Project LAWA at BINHI,” DSWD special assistant to the secretary Maria Isabel Lanada said, citing the LGUs’ performance in the reel-making contest of the DSWD.
The reel-making competition aims to raise the importance of community-based projects in alleviating poverty, food insecurity. and the greater issue of climate change.
Lanada said the DSWD will continue to leverage on Project LAWA at BINHI’s Cash-for-Training/Work to raise awareness on climate change and disaster preparedness, particularly among vulnerable communities.
“We need to empower the poor and teach them to love nature, while promoting food and water security,” Lanada said.
She emphasized that the formula to properly address disaster is to lessen the vulnerabilities of communities and increase their capacity.
The Project LAWA at BINHI is the brainchild of DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian. It focuses on mitigating the impact of food insecurity and water scarcity caused by the El Niño while preparing for the potential effects of the rainy season.
Aside from training on sustainable farming, the project also provides learning and development sessions on climate change adaptation and mitigation and disaster risk reduction.