The LGU-Trinidad through its members of the Water Sanitation-Technical Working Group has conducted a 3- day leadership and water governance seminar last February 4-6, 2013 at the Trinidad Municipal Center of this municipality.
The activity was participated in by all the members of the Board of Directors of the 16 Barangay Water Service Associations or BAWASA being the end-users of the LGU-Trinidad-Sagana at Ligtas na Tubig sa Lahat Program or SALINTUBIG Program.
The objective of the seminar according to Engr. Peolito G. Orioque, municipal engineer and member of the LGU-Trinidad water sanitation technical working group, is to enhance the basic leadership skills and capacity building of the members of the BAWASA-Board of Directors.
The seminar was attended by former mayor Judith “Bb” Del Rosario-Cajes and during her speech she reminded all the participants regarding the expected output of the seminar in which according to her is for the members of the BAWASA-Board of Directors to become self reliant in managing their respective potable water system particularly in maintaining its operation and its project sustainability in the long run.
Moreover, the former mayor also cited that one of the major concerns of the Administration of Mayor Roberto “Ondoy” Cajes is to have an affordable and safe potable water system in all barangays of Trinidad so that it could effectively help combat various water related deceases and to bring down as well the prevailing poverty incidence in his municipality.
The resource persons of the seminar were Mr. Jose Roel Tumarao, MLGOO and Engr Peolito Orioque, while the Community Organizers of the LGU-Trinidad SALINTUBIG project acted as facilitators.
The barangays with the existence of LGU-Trinidad SALINTUBIG project are Poblacion, Guinobatan, Tagum Norte, Tagum Sur, Soom, Catoogan, San Vicente, Kinan-oan, Mabuhay Cabiguhan, Sto Tomas, Hinlayagan Ilaya, Bongbong, Banlasan, San Isidro and kauswagan while the remaining four barangays are still in the process of further study and validation.
The SALINTUBIG project is a joint effort of LGU-Trinidad, Department of Health ( DOH ), Department of the Interior and Local Government ( DILG ) and the National Anti-Poverty Commission ( NAPC ).