The Department of Social Welfare and Development held its photo exhibit and awarding ceremonies recently at the Robinsons Place Mall in Dumaguete City.

The exhibit is a collection of pictures from different areas in Negros Oriental that show the faces of people and sites behind the Philippine government’s flagship poverty alleviation program, the Kalahi-CIDSS or the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services.

The winning photographers were Ladee Shayne Sarno from the Amateur “People” Category, and Joanne Michelle Benida from the Amateur “Places” Category. The winning photographer in the Community-based category was Roy Saclot from Jimalalud in Negros Oriental.

Hulagway DSWD photo contest aims to add to the good practices of the Community-Driven Development approach of Kalahi-CIDSS and it is being planned for scaling up into a national program in order to combat poverty in impoverished municipalities in the country by 2013, a DSWD press release said.

The photo contest hopes to get the participation of civil society to make them aware of the social realities and poverty situation in Negros Oriental and contribute to the effort of alleviating poverty, the press release added.

The photo contest focuses this time on the social preparation activities of the community empowerment activity cycle that includes trainings, workshops, meetings, planning sessions, identification and prioritization of community needs and community situational analysis, it said.

Early next year the photo contest will focus more on action-oriented pictures that the community themselves are now implementing, the DSWD press release said.*RG

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