DSWD ARD and Kalahi-CIDSS RPM Graces Turn-Over of Kalahi-CIDSS Sub-Projects in Tabontabon, Leyte

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First photo: (left to right) Deputy National Project Manager for Kalahi-CIDSS Tommy Cabueňas, DSWD FO 8 Assistant Regional Director Nestor Ramos, Tabontabon Vice Mayor Edgardo Cinco and Mayor Priscila Justimbaste graced the ribbon cutting of the Farm-to-market road sub-project in Brgy. Balingasag of the said town. Above photo: ARD Ramos (right) emphasized the importance of working together to make the implementation of the project a success.Department of Social Welfare and Development Assistant Regional Director and Kapit-bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) Regional Project Manager Nestor Ramos led in the turn-over of two (2) Kalahi-CIDSS sub-projects in the municipality of Tabontabon, yesterday, September 18, 2012.

Kalahi-CIDSS sub-projects that were turn-over were a newly constructed 500 linear meter drainage canal in Barangay Mac Arthur and a .767 kilometer farm to market road … Click here to read more...

SEC SOLIMAN TURNS OVER 30 SHELTER UNITS IN MATAG-OB, LEYTE

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Secretary Dinky Soliman (with sunflower lei) with Municipal Social Welfare and Development Officer Ricky Udtuhan (2nd from left), Mayor Michael Torrevillas (next to Udtuhan) and DSWD Field Office Eight Leticia Diokno, posingwith Core Shelter Project beneficiaries.Sept. 15 – DSWD Secretary Corazon Juliano – Soliman formally turned over some 30 shelter units to Typhoon Frank victims of year 2008, in Barangay Sebastian of Matag-ob, Leyte and was impressed by the developments of one of Region Eight’s 911 core shelter units spread out in the six provinces of Eastern Visayas.

The visiting top official stated in her speech that one factor contributory to the success of this … Click here to read more...

Leyte Huwarang Pantawid Pamilya

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(Above) DSWD Sec. Dinky Soliman, together with Atty. Vince Rama from the congressional district office of Lucy Torres, Gov. Icot Petilla, RD Leticia Diokno and Pantawid Pamilya Program Manager, Dir. Rodora Barbaran award the Javier Leyte mother-grantee-Alice Egos, family entry to national category; (Below) The five model families of Leyte province proudly pose with smiles after the awarding.Five families from the province of Leyte who religiously exemplify compliance to their co-responsibilities in the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, and embody or demonstrate adopting Filipino values and strong family ties were given recognition by the regional office last September 7, 2012 in Matag-ob, Leyte in the presence of Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Juliano Soliman.

The award recipients were the mother-grantees of the … Click here to read more...

SECRETARY DINKY WITNESSES LAUNCHING OF THE COUNTRY’S FIRST – BIOMETRICS FOR CCT IDENTIFICATION

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Secretary Soliman sees for herself how the biometrics system is being operated to validate the beneficiary of PANTAWID PAMILYA. Beside her is Matag-ob Mayor Michael Torrevillas (in brown) and second from her is Governor Jericho "Icot" Petilla (in white). At the back of Governor Petilla is Matt Torres, brother of 4th Congressional District representative of Leyte - Hon. Lucy Torres-Gomez(in black) and his father (in stripes).What drove Secretary Corazon Juliano “Dinky” Soliman of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to Eastern Visayas Region last Friday, September 7, 2012, was to witness a strategy introduced by the Provincial Government of Leyte, to hasten identification of beneficiaries of the PANTAWID PAMILYANG PILIPINO PROGRAM (PANTAWID PAMILYA) during over-the-counter payments of cash grants.… Click here to read more...

A LOVE FOUND . . . FROM ACROSS BORDERS

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He was one of the “hopefuls,” waiting for his turn for a compassionate soul to “cuddle” him. Tommy (not his real name), seven years old, is among the innocent “angels” who helplessly had no choice but to grow up in a structured setting, where houseparents and social workers provide substitute parental care.

This charming and good-natured boy is not without a mother, nor a father. His mother, then 16 years … Click here to read more...

Kalahi-CIDSS Holds Basic Orientation for Area Coordinating Teams of Random Municipalities

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Participants of the basic orientation training during a workshop on the roles of ACT in Kalahi-CIDSS implementation.The Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) held a basic orientation for Area Coordinating Teams (ACTs) of random municipalities on August 28-September 2 at the Leyte Park Resort Hotel, Tacloban City.

The basic orientation was attended by the Area Coordinators (ACs), Deputy Area Coordinators (DACs), and Community Facilitators (CFs) of the municipalities of Matag-ob, Babatngon, and Abuyog, Leyte for the first batch. The second batch … Click here to read more...