TANUDAN, Kalinga – Children and members of the Kalipunan ng Liping Pilipina (KALIPI) from Barangay Dacalan in the municipality of Tanudan, benefitted from the recent community outreach program organized by a group of mountaineers and the Kalinga Police Provincial Office (KPPO) on March 28-29.
Following their participation in the Lumin-awa Trek in February of this year as part of the Kalinga Bodong Festival, the group of mountaineers led by Mark Anthony Talibutab pledged to return to Kalinga and aid a community of their choosing. Brgy. Dacalan, located in Tanudan Municipality is the fortunate barangay. It was determined that 45 kids will be receiving stuffed toys and school supplies.
Talibutab said the first outreach program given by the group in Tanudan was in 2018 in Brgy. Lubo, and the group is planning to expand its humanitarian act by establishing a so-called toy library in Dacalan, in partnership with Share Your Spare, a non-government organization based in Singapore.
The members of this group, mostly professionals and residing in various areas in Metro Manila gave their personal money to materialize this cause, and according to Talibutab, they were amazed with the hospitality and ‘bayanihan’ of the people of Dacalan and the good sanitation practices in the community.
On the other hand, personnel of the 1st Kalinga Provincial Mobile Force Company led by PCPT Celina Pinading, Administrative Officer, under the supervision of PLTCOL John Cayat Jr., Force Commander, in collaboration with the 2nd Kalinga PMFC, Kalinga Provincial Forensic Unit (KPFU), Company Advisory Group (CAG) members, gave clothes, food packs and kitchen utensils to members of the KALIPI.
Their initiative, in line with this Unit’s best practice, Project ‘KABADANG’ (Kalinga at Pagmamahal sa Kababayan, Biyayang Alay ng Kapulisan tungo sa Dakilang Adhikaing Kapayapaan na Ninanais ng Mamamayan at Gobyerno) also featured a series of informative lectures on crime prevention and public safety campaigns, covering vital topics such as the Safe Spaces Act (RA No. 11313), the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 (RA No. 9165), anti-insurgency efforts, and other anti-criminality initiatives.
Additionally, informational materials were distributed to enhance awareness and understanding among the participants.
The cooperation between Dacalan Elementary School, the Barangay Local Government Unit of Dacalan, the Municipal Local Government Unit of Tanudan, and other stakeholders was credited with the event’s success.
Visitors who came and took part of the two -day activity traversed the muddy roads to reach the barangay, which is one of the geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas (GIDA) in Tanudan. Brgy. Dacalan is accessible only by foot.
Prior to the event, the CPIO was invited to document the PNP’s best practice of KABADANG especially to GIDA barangays within the province. By Darwin S. Serion
