The Department of Social Welfare and Development in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DSWD_ARMM) has forged a Memorandum Agreement (MOA) with the ARMM Social Fund Project through its Project Management Office of the second phase of the Community Development Assistance (CDA) program.
The second program contract signing intends to achieve the expected outputs among which, the installation of 102 Municipal Multi-Sectoral Committee (MMSC), generation of 557 community-based infrastructures proposals, formulation of 167 community investment plans/barangay development plans, completion and turn-over of 751 technically and socially sound community-based infrastructure (CBI) subprojects and approval of 57 1 CBIS by approving body.
The CDA being one of the three main components of the ARMM Social Fund Projects spearheaded by the social and welfare department of the ARMM has been tasked to implement Community-Based Infrastructure (CBl) and Learning; Livelihood and Food Sufficiency (LLFS) programs since 2003.
Among its previously completed major projects are school building warehouse and solar driers, tire path, footbridges, water system, fish landing and multi-purpose centers in the selected and identified barangays in the five component provinces and one city of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao\n (ARMM).
ASFP Project Manager Atty. Arnel Datukon said that a total of P485,969,714.55 million will be released to DSWD-ARMM in tranches for the implementation of second CDA projects from July 18, 2006 to July 17, 2007, P428,721,584.55 million from the World Bank, P30,813,500 million from Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and 26,434,630 million from the Government of the Philippines counterpart.
"As we forge our second CDA Program Contract today with the ARMM Social Fund Project through the Project\Management Office, we in the DSWD-ARMM have high hope of meeting our target as we have committed under the contract," stressed Sec. Ruby Sahali- Tan during the contract signing.
The MOA signing was attended by officials of the ASFP and DSWD-ARMM and members of the media. (BPI-ARMM)
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