Immediately, a day after a tremendous blaze hit some three barangays in Tacloban City, the DSWD Field Office Eight under Regional Director Leticia Diokno sent a team to coordinate with the City Social Welfare and Development Office to conduct a rapid assessment in the affected areas, Monday, May 21.

DSWD Eight Assistant Regional Director, Nestor Ramos, who is presently the officer-in-charge, said the Field Office is ready to extend augmentation … Click here to read more...

Another milestone marks the Kalahi-CIDSS implementation in the region when the local chief executives of the Provincial Local Government Units (PLGUs) of Eastern and Northern Samar, together with selected Municipal Local Government Units (MLGUs) of said provinces, signed the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for implementation of the project.

Partnerships were formalized on May 8 for Eastern Samar and May 10 for … Click here to read more...

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Through the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (Pantawid Pamilya) joined hands with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in implementing a student financial assistance program known as the Students’ Grants-in Aid Program for Poverty Alleviation (SGP-PA).

The SGP-PA aims to contribute to National Government’s thrusts in effectively addressing poverty alleviation by increasing the number of … Click here to read more...

The DSWD Field Office Eight will be holding consultation dialogues with the provincial/city/municipal social welfare and development officers, municipal treasurers and auditors, as well as presidents of the federation of senior citizens associations and chairpersons of the Office of Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA) of the cities and municipalities of Leyte, Biliran, and Southern Leyte provinces, on May 22 to 23 in Macrohon, Southern Leyte.

The two – day back-to-back activity … Click here to read more...

The Leyte Provincial Government Unit (PLGU), Municipal Local Government Units (MLGUs) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office Eight (DSWD FO 8) formally sealed their partnership for the implementation of the Kapit-bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) through the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA).

Local Chief Executives of the Municipalities of Abuyog, Babatngon, Barugo, Matag-ob and Tanauan, Leyte participated in … Click here to read more...

A total of 53 couples heartily and solemnly swore to tie their knots in front of their officiating official Mayor Emiliana Villacarillo, last April 19, 2012, in the midst of the soaring heat of the sun, at the plaza of Brgy. Gap-ang, Jicontol Valley, Dolores Eastern Samar. Mayor Villacarillo also stood as their principal sponsor.

The said couples are the recently identified eligible members of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program … Click here to read more...

A new partnership project between the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and a private cooperative Iraya Farms was launched last April 19, 2012 in Jicontol Valley, Dolores Eastern Samar. The said project is envisioned to implement agricultural farming systems and technology that will upgrade the traditional farming practices of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (Pantawid Pamilya) beneficiaries, as well increase productivuty located in developed and irrigated but under-utilized … Click here to read more...