TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, June 10 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) recently released a list of Bohol towns with the government’s project assistance set for 2021-2023 under the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS).

These include the towns of Lila, Dimiao, Sevilla, Batuan, San Isidro, Anda, Pilar, Alicia, Dagohoy, Danao, San Miguel, and Bien Unido for Group 1.

Under Group 2 are the towns of Loon, Calape, Tubigon, Clarin, Inabanga, Buenavista, Getafe, Talibon, Trinidad, Bien Unido, Ubay, Mabini, Alicia, Candijay, Duero, Jagna, Garcia Hernandez, Dimiao, Loboc, Sierra Bullones, Bilar, Batuan, Carmen, Catigbian, and Balilihan.

According to DSWD Bohol Social Welfare and Development Chief Jimmy Crusio, DSWD based its eligibility of the towns for the government’s additional financing on two criteria: poverty incidence and their vulnerability to disasters.

He said the government considered the poverty incidence of the towns which have equal or higher than 21% poverty incidence rate according to Philippine Statistics Authority 2015 Small Area Estimates.

Areas that are badly affected by disasters from 2014 to 2020 and areas badly hit by the COVID-19 pandemic are among those eligible for the government help.

The government, through the DSWD Kalahi-CIDSS, allocated P 776,094,200 for the 196 sub-projects identified by the communities for disaster risk reduction management.

Some 49 sub-projects have been completed to date, the DSWD said. (RAHC/PIA7 Bohol)