LIBUNGAN, Cotabato Province (PIA) -- The Kitubod Elementary School in Libungan is now benefiting from the water and sanitation (WATSAN) project recently turned over by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR).

According to Charish Paña, provincial agrarian reform program officer, the WATSAN unit was constructed under the Community-managed Potable Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene (CPWASH) project of the agency.

The WATSAN unit includes a rainwater collector and iron removal filter. The project provides potable water source to 300 pupils and teachers of the school. 

“We really understand that safe drinking water is always a challenge to far-flung areas like Barangay Kitubod. That is why DAR is providing this WATSAN facility to address your need and make your lives better,” Paña told the beneficiaries during the turnover ceremony.

She also said that the project will also reduce children’s vulnerability to water-borne diseases and illnesses in line with the resumption of face-to-face classes.

The WATSAN project is beneficial particularly to areas that depend on rain as a source of water.

Meanwhile, Raul Rizardo, school district supervisor, thanked DAR for implementing the project which is one of the requirements to implement face-to-face classes.

Rizardo also committed that they will try their best to take good care of the unit, maintain it, and sustain it for the benefit of everyone in the school and the community. (With reports from DAR-Cotabato Province)