BANGSAMORO GOVERNMENT CENTER — The Project TABANG, also known as Tulong Alay sa Bangsamorong Nangangailangan, a special program of Chief Minister Ahod “Al Haj Murad” Ebrahim that offers services to our countrymen in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Since 2019, a number of services have been implemented as part of a humanitarian initiative, including health, Livelihood, and other humanitarian services for our Bangsamoro brothers and sisters, Lumad, and Christians both inside and outside the Bangsamoro region.
Through the main components such as Health Ancillary Services, Livelihood, and Humanitarian Response and Services, an estimated 325,783 families and individuals, 1,804 communities, and 320 cooperatives were given and distributed aid and assistance in every community and community from inside and outside the region, through various programs and services such as Ayuda Alay sa Bangsamoro or ALAB, Humanitarian for Orphanages, Markadz, Elderlies, and with Special Needs or HOMES, Food Assistance for Special Traditions or FAST, Special Assistance for Special Occasions or SAFSO, Oplan Bangsamoro Rapid Assistance or OBRA, Free Medicine for the Bangsamoro, and Access to Health Opportunities and Development or AHOD.
These programs have been implemented and allocated in the areas and provinces, such as Maguindanao del Norte, Maguindanao del Sur, Lanao del Sur, Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, in the Cities of Cotabato, Marawi, and Lamitan , and in Special Geographic Areas or SGA, including Outside Bangsamoro Communities.
The Rapid Reaction Team or RRT of Project TABANG, in collaboration with the Bangsamoro Rapid Emergency Action on Disaster Incidence or BARMM-READi and the Ministry of Social Services and Development (MSSD), along with the Calamity Response from the office of Chief Minister Ahod “Al Haj Murad” Ebrahim, in the delivery of immediate assistance to the affected families and individuals of recent calamities and disasters in the provinces under the jurisdiction of the Bangsamoro region.
The TABANG Bangsamoro Convergence Activity, which aims to bring government services closer to every Bangsamoro citizen from the provinces of Tawi-Tawi, Sulu, and in Bangsamoro communities outside the Bangsamoro region’s core territory, such as Bayan ng Munai, in the province of Lanao del Norte, was carried out under the direction of Chief Minister Ahod “Al Haj Murad” Ebrahim.
Each agency and office provided and distributed its own services, including social assistance, medical care, and other services appropriate to each Bangsamoro’s needs.
The Bangsamoro government and Project TABANG will keep helping and valuing every citizen for the foreseeable future in order to create a more prosperous and peaceful community in the area and to bring the government closer to our fellow citizens who require assistance and value, both inside and outside the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
By: Fariznah A. Dataya/Project TABANG Information and Communications