Julita, Leyte – With the completion of the Barangay Health Station in Brgy. San Andres, mothers in far-flung communities availing of its services are no longer at risk and are able to save on costs up to P4, 000.00 in child delivery. Before, it was so expensive and risky to give birth. People had to continue reading : Leyte Communities Access to Basic Health Services Easily Through KALAHI-CIDSS

“I want to help my constituents. Even if I’m just an ordinary citizen, I’d like to be part of any development initiatives in our barangay,” says Jose Ayon, Barangay Sub-Project Management Committee Chairman. “That’s what brought me here!”  He furthered said. Jose Ayon is one among the 57 participants who attended the Municipal Participatory Situation continue reading : KALAHI-CIDSS: An Answered Prayer to Lost Hope

Secretary Celia Yangco of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) exhorted fifty family-beneficiaries of the Department’s Core Shelter Assistance Project to look into the welfare of their newfound community, emphasizing the value of education of their children.  The visiting official gave a message during the blessing and turn-over of the typhoon-resistant type of continue reading : SECRETARY YANGCO EXHORTS CSAP BENEFICIARIES TO LOOK INTO WELFARE OF COMMUNITY

Gracing the turn-over and inauguration rites of two Core Shelter Projects (CSAP) Thursday, June 17, in San Isidro town of Leyte province, Assistant Secretary Ruel Lucentales of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), expressed deep appreciation for its lot owners who donated pieces of their properties for the realization of said shelter projects, continue reading : LUCENTALES CITES LAND DONORS FOR SHELTER PROJECT; SAYS THEY ARE ALSO POOR

Some twenty-four couples coming from Tacloban City, and the towns of Palo, Alang-alang, Carigara, Capoocan, Matag-ob, Abuyog, and MacArthur, all of Leyte province, attended a one-day Adoption/Foster Care Forum late March of this year.  The fora were conducted in two batches, in Tacloban City and Abuyog. The conduct of the forum is necessary before engaging  continue reading : FOSTER PARENTS/ADOPTIVE COUPLES FROM LEYTE TOWNS ATTEND FORUM

Women – rice growers of Sitio Bo-ongon in Barangay Matica-a in Ormoc City are “ born – winners. ” They live their dreams, gradually and with perseverance.  For this group organized by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 8, under its Self-Employment Assistance – Kaunlaran (SEA-K) livelihood program, learns how to continue reading : BOOMING IN SILENCE

Paranas, Samar – The UNILAB Pharmaceutical Company recently visited the municipality of Paranas town in Samar province, shortlisted under KALAHI-CIDSS program in Eastern Visayas. The team led by Laurice Sta. Maria, the General Manager of Health First Clinic of the company, conducted an ocular visit to gather ideas and information relevant to the conceptualization of continue reading : UNILAB Visits A Depressed Municipality in Eastern Visayas