The Northern Samar provincial government will provide services to at least 3,199 poor families in the island town of Biri in its service caravan on March 22.

The provincial government said the second caravan this year would cover all eight villages of Biri, a 5th-class island town known for rock formations.

This will be the 22nd Kauswagan (progress) caravan since its launch in 2019.

“Participating agencies and partners pledged to provide a wide range of services. These include free medical consultation, distribution of food packs and school supplies, veterinary care, circumcision, legal and career counseling, civil and government registrations, fire control demonstrations, and first aid training, among others,” the provincial government said on Wednesday.

In 2023 alone, the Kauswagan caravan program, participated in by some 100 partner agencies, non-government organizations, and private organizations, reached 11,381 families from 47 villages in the province.

On Feb. 29, some 1,122 families in seven villages of Laoang town also availed of the services of the Kauswagan caravan.

The service caravan is one of the flagship programs of the province, aimed at bringing government services closer to the people.

The program is also in support of Executive Order No. 70, which institutionalizes the whole-of-nation approach to end local communist armed conflict in the country. (PNA)