DAVAO DEL NORTE, Jan. 31 (PIA) – A dormitory for Ata Manobo IP students of Talaingod will soon rise thru the joint effort of the municipal government, the 56th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army, and the 534 Construction Engineering Battalion.
Cooperating military units with Talaingod local chief executives led by Mayor Jonnie Libayao recently conducted a ground breaking ceremony and turnover of lot at Purok 6-B, Brgy. Sto.Nino, Talaingod Davao del Norte.
In a phone query, 56th Infantry “Tatag” Battalion commander, Lt Col Osmalik Tabayan said LGU Talaingod turned over on January 25 the 2.6-hectare parcel of land for the student dormitory and a multi-purpose facility that the Tatag Battalion intends to develop.
He explained the project as part of the Tatag IP Students’ Support Program that the 55th Inf Battalion is conceptualizing and will be pursuing in partnership with the private and civic sectors.
“We want to provide IP students an atmosphere conducive for learning,” he said in a phone interview during which he explained that the program, and the intended projects therein form is geared towards sustaining the delivery of services to former rebels whom the local and national government have successfully led to come to the folds of the law.
Aside from the dormitory, other facilities to rise on the donated lot will include those for sports and staff house of those overseeing the operation the facilities.
Corollary to this, Tabayan said the 56th Tatag Battalion is nurturing seven Talaingod IP scholars whom the 56th IB has also trained on various agri-based livelihood ventures, “for them to stand on their own”.
The scholarship grant also forms part of the “sustaining effort” of the Battalion to end local communist armed conflict, Tabayan said.
Once “Tatag IP Students’ Support Program” mechanics and operation plan would fully be laid defined, Tabayan said he would be explaining such to interested partners to support the program rollout. (PIA XI/ Jeanevive Duron-Abangan)
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