The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has successfully conducted re-engagement activities dubbed ‘Kamustahan’ validation and assessment for 1,400 Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) decommissioned combatants (DCs) in Davao Region, a senior agency official reported on Monday (October 21).
Organized by the office of Inclusive-Sustainable Peace and Special Concerns (ISPSC) Undersecretary Alan Tanjusay, the re-engagement activities were carried out from October 7 to 11 through house-to-house visits to monitor the status of the DCs in their reintegration into their respective communities and families.
“These re-engagement activities are conducted to ensure those who were given the Php100,000 transitory cash assistance are given post-activity care services. These include the needs assessment of decommissioned combatants,” Undersecretary Tanjusay pointed out.
Around 120 social workers and project development officers from the DSWD Field Office 12-SOCCKSARGEN conducted the re-engagement activities in Davao Oriental, Davao de Oro, Davao Occidental, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, and Davao City.
With the recently concluded re-engagement activities, the DSWD has so far supported the re-engagement of 12,000 DCs. They are among the 26,145 who have been decommissioned from the three phases of the decommissioning process that took place in June 2015, from August 2019 to July 2024, and from November 2021 to July 2024.
Undersecretary Tanjusay said the DSWD is prepared to assist the new list of DCs in the fourth and final phase of the government’s decommissioning initiative as required by the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) between the government and the MILF.
“We can see that our peace-building initiatives are taking effect, as pronounced by our re-engagement activities in the Davao region. With this, we are more than thrilled to help out more DCs as we await the fourth and final phase of decommissioning,” Undersecretary Tanjusay said.
Under the CAB’s Normalization Track, MILF combatants shall undergo the process of decommissioning by the Independent Decommissioning Body (IDB). Once decommissioned, the combatants are then turned over to the DSWD for the payout of the cash assistance and case management.
The same process awaits the fourth and final phase of the decommissioning, which targets an estimated 14,000 MILF combatants. #
Tagalog Version
1,400 DCs ng MILF sa Davao Region, kinumusta ng DSWD estado ng reintegrasyon sa komunidad
Matagumpay na naisagawa ng Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) ang re-engagement activities sa pamamagitan ng ‘Kamustahan’ validation and assessment para sa 1,400 Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) decommissioned combatants (DCs) sa Davao Region.
Ang aktibidad ay isinagawa ng tanggapan ni Inclusive-Sustainable Peace and Special Concerns (ISPSC) Undersecretary Alan Tanjusay, mula October 7 hanggang October 11, kung saan nagkaroon ng house-to-house visits ang ISPC upang i-monitor ang mga decommissioned combatants (DCs ) para sa kanilang reintegration sa komunidad at pamilya.
“This re-engagement is conducted to ensure those who were given the Php100,000 transitory cash assistance are given post-activity care services. These include the needs assessment of decommissioned combatants,” sabi ni Undersecretary Tanjusay.
Halos 120 social workers at project development officers mula sa DSWD Field Office 12-SOCCKSARGEN ang nagsagawa ng re-engagement activities sa Davao Oriental, Davao de Oro, Davao Occidental, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, at Davao City.
Bunsod ng katatapos na aktibidad, nakapagtala na ang DSWD ng may 12,000 DCs na kanilang tinulungan para sa integration ng mga dating combatants. Ang mga ito ay kabilang sa 26,145 decommissioned at dumaan na sa tatlong phases ng decommissioning process mula June 2015, August 2019 hanggang July 2024, at mula November 2021 hanggang July 2024.
Sabi ni Undersecretary Tanjusay ang ahensya ay nakahandang umasiste sa bagong listahan ng DC para sa ika-apat at final phase ng decommissioning initiative na kailangan batay sa Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) sa pagitan ng gobyerno at MILF.
“We can see that our peace-building initiatives are taking effect, as pronounced by our re-engagement activities in the Davao region. With this, we are more than thrilled to help out more DCs as we await the fourth and final phase of decommissioning,”sabi pa ni Undersecretary Tanjusay.
Sa ilalim ng CAB’s Normalization Track, ang mga MILF combatants ay kinakailangang sumailalim sa proseso ng decommissioning ng Independent Decommissioning Body (IDB). Sakaling ma-decommission, ang mga combatants ay maaari ng mapabilang sa payout ng cash assistance at case management ng ahensya.
Dadaan din sa kaparehong proseso ang mga nasa fourth and final phase ng decommissioning, kung saan tinatayang nasa 14,000 MILF combatants ang sumasailalim sa decommissioning. #