Tacloban City, October 25 – As an aftermath of Typhoon Ofel, which struck Leyte and Southern Leyte provinces the most, the DSWD Field Office Eight continues to operate on a 24 – hour duty since yesterday, as its Quick Response Team (QRT) remains in force till this date.
DSWD Field Office Eight Regional Director Leticia Diokno has also alerted its Social Welfare Action and Development Teams (SWADTs) of the six … Click here to read more...
Are you senior citizen – friendly? The award may be right for you!
The DSWD Field Office Eight and the Regional Federation of Senior Citizen Association of Region Eight recently launched a regionwide competition for cities, municipalities, business establishments who have a heart that cares for the elderly citizens. The actvity, which was held at the Superdome in Ormoc City, was hosted by the Leyte Federation, under president Teresa Montubig, … Click here to read more...
The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (Pantawid Pamilya) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will be awarding four Model Families of Biliran Province on October 16, 2012 at the Governor’s Hall, Biliran Provincial Capitol.
Four family households represented by the mother-grantees namely: Marivic Tomenio of Culaba, Isidra Domingo of Caibiran, Edna Pasco of Kawayan and Maria Mayonnaise Monton of Cabucgayan will receive awards as recognition for religiously exemplifying … Click here to read more...
Speaking on two occasions, Assistant Secretary Javier Jimenez, concurrently the Officer-In-Charge of the Social Marketing Service of the DSWD Central Office, cited the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTSPR) as a good targeting system, although it is not a perfect one. Jimenez, however, emphasized that with NHTSPR, there is only 15 to 20 % error rate, and said that if we want a precise system, the country would … Click here to read more...
In line with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of eradicating extreme poverty and addressing the worst forms of human deprivation, the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office Eight (DSWD FO 8) is holding a Roll-out Training on Operationalization of Convergence Strategy for Municipal Action Team Members of Set Two (2) area of Pantawid Pamilya, covering the 24 municipalities and one city of Western Samar. The training, held in … Click here to read more...
To generate information on the nature and extent of community and local government engagements along local development processes and strengthen understanding among local stakeholders on local situation and their roles in municipal development, poverty reduction and local governance, the Kapit-bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) held a Municipal Talakayan (Dialogue) in Motiong, Samar yesterday, September 27, 2012.… Click here to read more...
Some 25 local officials, including social workers of Southern Leyte’s 18 municipalities and one city, swore to replicate what the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has recently completed as social technologies.
DSWD Field Office Office Eight Director Leticia Diokno said that part of the DSWD’s new mandate is to continuously pilot Social Welfare and Development (SWD) projects that will be introduced to local government units for replication.