Project TABANG provides assistance to barangays in North Cotabato

 Residents of the region’s special geographic area carry their relief assistance through the Project Tulong Alay sa Bangsamorong Nangangailangan of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

NORTH COTABATO – A total of 400 residents in the Bangsamoro region’s special geographic area (SGA) received relief goods through the Project Tulong Alay sa Bangsamorong Nangangailangan (TABANG) program on Wednesday, July 14 in Barangays Dunguan and Tapodok, in the town of Aleosan, North Cotabato.

Each beneficiary was given relief packs, which contain 25 kilos of rice, one kilo of sugar and salt, packs of coffee, cooking oil, and mung beans. 

Barangay health stations of the said areas also received medicines through Project TABANG.

Meanwhile, 600 families from Barangays Kitulaan, Nasapian, and Tupig in Carmen, North Cotabato were also provided with the same relief packs on Tuesday, July 13.

Jimmy Adil, SGA cluster III coordinator of Pikit, said services provided by the Bangsamoro Government is very vital to its constituents especially in these trying times.

“Malaking tulong ito sa Brgy. Dunguan kasi isa ang barangay na ito sa may napakaraming naranasan na pag-evacuate dulot ng giyera at kaguluhan,” he said.

Emran Taya, 46, a farmer and a health worker from Brgy. Tapodok, expressed his gratitude to the Project TABANG of the Bangsamoro Government.

“Kami ay lubos na nagpapasalamat sa BARMM dahil malaki ang naitulong nila lalo na sa mga mahihirap na Bangsamoro,” he said.

Project TABANG is one of the special programs of the Office of the Chief Minister, which aims to bring welfare and social services of the Bangsamoro Government closer to its people. (BANGSAMORO INFORMATION OFFICE / MINDANAO EXPOSE’)