Speaking in her daily Sara All For You on Monday (Jan.17), Sara presented the city’s Kalinaw Village which is a transition housing and program for former NPA rebels.
The village is a halfway house where the former rebels live right after their surrender to prepare them physically, mentally, and spiritually before they are finally reintegrated back to their respective families and communities.
The program is in partnership with the national government’s Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (CLIP), Sara said.
Kalina Village is located in Barangay Mahayag, Bunawan District in DavaoCity.
“We have them undergo thorough medical checkup, we do all the training, seminars, mental wellness, spiritual rejuvenation, disaster training, training for entrepreneurship; then we integrate them back to families and communities,”Sara said.
Minda Silvano, the Kalinaw Village Center head who guested in Monday’sepisode of Sara All For You said the residential care facility was established through the mayor and open 24/7 to accept NPA surrenderers.
She said the services given to the former rebels include their basic needs such as food, medicines, among others.
The city government has assigned two social workers to assist the former rebels’ needs.
The local government has partnered with directly-concerned national government agencies to provide the essential needs of the former rebels. The DSWD provides financial aid to start a livelihood to sustain their families and communities. TESDA provides technical skills training. The former rebels also undergo counseling in relation to family and community.
“These are all done until they are ready to go home as products ofpeace- loving individuals,” Silvano said.
TRANSITION HOMES. Mayor Sara Duterte during the inauguration of Kalinaw Village in Barangay Mahayag, Bunawan District on Jan. 6, 2021. Photo from Davao City Government Facebook Page
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