Philippine Community Driven Plan presentation by: Roxanne S. Andaquig The Challenge Community Driven Plan World Bank Organization State Development Projects Flood Funding in Metro Manila. “a 25-year project” State Development Projects Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project “fully operational by 2023” Reality 3/4 of poor people in the Philippines live in rural areas and national government projects may not reach them. Community-Driven Projects The Kapitbisig Laban sa KahirapanComprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services Project (KALAHI-CIDSS) aims to empower communities through their direct participation in community projects that aims to reduce poverty empowers communities to participate in local governance and boosts their capacity to create, implement and manage poverty-fighting development projects. What are we working on? Mercury New facility with six-bed capacity in Brgy. Poblacion, San Agustin, Romblon that will serve as an isolation facility for Venus mild and asymptomatic patients. this will serve as an evacuation facility in times of calamities. What are we working on? Mercury Kalahi-CIDSS granted a Hanging Cable Footbridge for the residents in the remote area of Brgy. Campawan, Venus Baganga, Davao Oriental What are we working on? Mercury Skills and Leadership Training and Venus Seminars for Apayao women What are we working on? Mercury Construction of oneunit, four-classroom Venusbuilding for the students of Man-ilan Elementary School in Zamboanga del Sur What are we working on? Mercury Venus OTHER ORGANIZATIONS Since 2002, a community-driven development project backed by the World Bank has benefited more than 1.6 million households in the Philippines through almost 6,000 projects providing new water systems, school buildings, day care centers, health stations, and postharvest facilities among others. Venus Other development partners Effectiveness of Community-Driven Development The approach of partnering with communities and local units of government, including putting resources under the direct control of community groups, has led to the efficient and inclusive delivery of basic services, and, when sustained over time, measurable reductions in poverty, particularly among the poorest populations and communities. “Alone, we can do so little; Together, we can do so much” —Helen Keller