Community and Family Services International (CFSI) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) handed over a solar dryer project to the community of Brgy. Tamped in Kabacan town where more than 150 farmers reside. The project is expected to promote the protection and improve the resilience of the communities affected by internal displacement through enhancing their access to essential services.
CFSI, UNHCR, local partners, and farmer representative from Brgy. Tamped led the ribbon cutting ceremony of the solar dryer project constructed in the community.
During the handover ceremony on 15 September 2021, Badrodin Solaiman, the project team leader and a farmer in the community, expressed gratitude for the 15×10 meters solar dryer constructed in their area.
“Manot pa man ataw ka masla ah pakoma sa lekami ah project bed sukur kami. Tumba nyaba ah project a tabang salekami ah mga farmers na UNHCR apeg na CFSI na ped sukur sukuran nami. Mayaba sa aden den solar dryer na diden maledak su mga ma harvest name ah mga produkto,” Badrodin shared.
(We are thankful for all the projects were are receiving in our community. We are grateful to UNHCR and CFSI for helping farmers like us. The solar dryer will help a lot in keeping our harvests from rotting.)
Badrodin, a farmer from Brgy. Tamped, expressed gratitude for the new solar project during the handover ceremony.
Kabacan is part of the Special Geographic Area Development Authority of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). It is also among the areas where the Mindanao Protection Project (MPP) of CFSI and UNHCR is implemented.
“Mayaba sa pakoma ren e mga development projects anya sa area tanu sya sa SGADA – BARMM na isa inya a papata sa mapya endu bagiseg bun su dalpa tanu, tuba nya mapya na ulaman tanu sa endaw taman e magaga taw,” said Habib Guibar, the Area Coordinator of the said town.
(The coming of development projects symbolizes that our area is getting progressive. Let us take care of the projects for the sake of our community’s improvement.)
Kabacan Area Coordinator Habib Guiabar is thankful for all the development projects being implemented in the community. He expressed this during the handover ceremony of the project.
The solar dryer project is among the Quick Impact Projects implemented by CFSI and UNHCR under MPP. Among other initiatives of MPP are strengthening the relationship of communities with their local government units, improving communities’ access to basic services, and developing mechanisms to prevent or minimize risks of repeated displacement. #