Innocent she may seem, but she understands fully how it is to be of help to her mother who is a single parent to four children. Jovelle is among the 106 school-aged children who evacuated to Kapangian Central Elementary in Tacloban City. Noticeably, she is a disciplined child as she remains inside the classroom where they temporarily stay with her one-year old brother, Kirby.
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Tacloban City – It is slowly becoming “business as usual” in the city, according to Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman.
Secretary Soliman, who has not left the Visayas since day one of the disaster operations on November 8, observed that some big grocery stores, bakeries, water refilling and gasoline stations, hardware, vulcanizing shops, and banks have already resumed operations.
She also added that buses and … Click here to read more...
Tolosa, Leyte – Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman announced that the one millionth food pack distributed by the Department went to a 76-year old grandmother here, on the 14th day of the relief operations following Typhoon Yolanda.
Tolosa Municipal Social Welfare and Development Officer (MSWDO) Erlinda J. Sabino identified the recipient as Adela Novio.
Lola Adela lives in Barangay Poblacion with her four children and … Click here to read more...
“We appeal to our local government units in Metro Manila and nearby provinces in Luzon to join us in continuously helping the affected families of Typhoon Yolanda as they temporarily leave Eastern Visayas,” Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman said.
With the great impact of Typhoon Yolanda in Eastern Visayas, many of the affected families already decided to leave their hometown to safer places.
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DSWD Field Office Eight Director Remia Tapispisan today called off the ongoing Training on Camp Management and Camp Coordination in Ormoc City for the 70 participants to return to their posts to prepare for the approaching super typhoon, said to hit Region Eight towards the end of the week.
The said five – day training, which begun November 4, is one measure of strengthening linkages with local government units (LGUs) … Click here to read more...
In the culmination of the National Week for Overcoming Extreme Poverty last Wednesday, October 23, 2013, Tacloban City Councilor Dalisay Erpe exhorted close to one hundred beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (Pantawid Pamilya) to take advantage of government programs, especially that which would help lift them out of poverty. She specifically pointed that of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), citing the Pantawid Pamilya as a … Click here to read more...