The Davao City Water District (DCWD) through its Alay Palikuran Project donated sanitation facilities to Barangay Hizon last January 23, 2017 during a simple turn-over ceremony attended by DCWD representatives, barangay officials and residents.
Seventy-six families will be using the two-comfort room sanitation facilities located near the coastal area in Sitio Lizada.
Aside from the donation, a Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) orientation and semi-annual monitoring and evaluation will be conducted this year in Barangay Hizon to educate residents on sanitation and to assess the usefulness of the project.
Through the creation of sanitation facilities and information drive on WaSH, DCWD helps in reducing sanitation issues and protecting water resources from contamination. Since 2011, around fifty-seven households in barangays Malagos and Tambobong have already benefitted from the Alay Palikuran Project.
The water utility, under its Corporate Social Responsibility Program, supports the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goal No. 6 on Clean Water and Sanitation by promoting WaSH and supporting partner communities both in rural and urban barangays. (Katrina Belen M. Roble/DCWD)
