Kalayaan Barangays Program / KALAHI para sa Kalayaan, another program undertaken by the government under the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP), intends to put an end to the decades-old problem of communist insurgency and usher in peace and development in poverty stricken rural barangays.
KALAHI’s ultimate goal is the achievement of sustainable peace in the community following the human security framework of freedom from want, freedom from fear, freedom from humiliation and exclusion.
Specifically, it seeks to empower the target barangays to be able to build and sustain peace and development; restore and strengthen formal governance institutions and maintain peace and security in the area; and fast-track the delivery of government’s commitment under signed final peace agreements.
To date, a total of P1.442 billion has been raised to fund various infrastructure projects in the Kalayaan barangays. (PIA)