Corporal punishment or positive disciplining? Which is which would best work out for the good of children? This issue was answered recently, in the Social Welfare and Development (SWD) Forum organized by the DSWD, to some 45 Day Care Workers regionwide, at the Sea Haus Vista in Tacloban City. Said Yvonne Abonales, the Policy and continue reading : SWD FORUM TACKLES ON POSITIVE DISCIPLINING

“Our country is in a war. Our department is in a war. Our society is in a war. We are in a war. But is not a war about bullets, it is a war against poverty,” Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Eight Assistant Regional Director Nestor Ramos said during the signing continue reading : DSWD: Private-Public Partnership in Kalahi-CIDSS

They are noticed and they stand proud. An exemplary family of Catubig, Northern Samar of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (Pantawid Pamilya) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)noticeably crossing to the governments call on “Patungo Sa Matuwid Na Daan”, as they engage in Sustainable Livelihood ventures, now recognized as one family’s best continue reading : Halfway Crossing

There are 60% qualified senior pension beneficiaries from the list of the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) as these people needs to be screened to ensure that they qualify to be a social pensioner. According to Rose Fe Valeriano, Social Welfare Officer II, Social Pension Program, they follow a definite criteria and continue reading : DSWD Explains Issue on Inclusion and Exclusion of Social Pension Beneficiaries

Some 36 children of varied ages region wide poured out their concerns, in a Regional Children’s Congress organized by the DSWD Field Office Eight recently.  Held at Leyte Park Resort Hotel in Tacloban City, the Congress is a yearly activity that aims to feel the pulse of the young generation, their aspirations, hopes, and dreams, continue reading : CHILDREN IN CONGRESS AIR OUT THEIR ISSUES

In preparation for 2013, the DSWD has recently been conducting consultation dialogues regionwide for the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction. The said event is for the updating of the household assessment that will happen next year. These dialogues were conducted on the month of July, August, and September in the provinces of Leyte, continue reading : NHTS-PR conducts Consultation dialogues to Avoid Lapses in the 2013 enumeration

A total of 10,172 persons of 2,192 families in Region eight were reported affected by tropical storm Ofel last Ocotber 24, 2012. DSWD Regional Director Leticia Diokno said the field office was on red alert, awaiting for any local government unit that could not cope up with the effects of the disaster; hence, needs augmentation continue reading : 10,172 PERSONS AFFECTED BY TYPHOON OFEL IN REGION EIGHT; SOGOD EXTENDED AUGMENTATION ASSISTANCE