The hall of the RegionalTrainingCenter of the Technical Services Development Authority (TESDA) regional office was alive with sounds of cheers, laughter, and talk. It was filled mostly with young people who are scholars of the Cash for Training (C4TP) Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the TESDA. The event : Culmination Rites of a two – month vocational course sponsored jointly by the two government … Click here to read more...
“Straight From The Heart”
Ten years ago at around 3 o’clock in the afternoon while I was in the midst of selling bread in my sister’s bakery, I received a text message informing me that I was hired as a bookkeeper by the Department of Social Welfare and Development-Kapit-Bisig Laban Sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (DSWD Kalahi-CIDSS).
The following day, I reported to the Department’s regional office in Tacloban City and … Click here to read more...
DSWD 8 Prepares for the Second Cycle Household Assessment
The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office VIII is currently preparing for the Second Cycle Household Assessment under the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) in the third quarter of 2013.
The National Household Targeting Unit (NHTU) VIII will be assessing a total of 822,305 households in the entire region. The regionwide household assessment is performed to collect socio-economic and household members’ information.
To ensure quality … Click here to read more...
SAN JORGE IN SAMAR TO IMPLEMENT PAMANA – SLP IN 28 BARANGAYS
After a memorandum signing by some 28 barangay captains of San Jorge in Samar, the municipality is now set to lay the groundwork for the implementation of the PAMANA – Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP), a joint undertaking of the Office of the Provincial Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
Municipal Mayor, Nancy Grey, in her welcome remarks during a program orientation … Click here to read more...
FROM SCRAP TO RICHES
Nelly Onting’s life story progresses from the typical “rags to riches” type commonly found in fantasy books. When one listens to her narration, one could hardly believe it could happen in the real world. Hard work, perseverance, and determination were Nelly’s magic words of triumph. It all begun with a small scrap trading that eventually grew to multiple businesses.
In the flourishing town of Calbiga in Samar province. Nelly, 37, … Click here to read more...
TEAM BALIKATAN RESCUE IN EMERGENCY INTENSIFIES TRAINING ON DISASTER RESPONSE; ENCOURAGES VOLUNTEERISM
The second batch of training, dubbed as the Community Action for Disaster Response (CADRE), for the remaining 40 fishermen and employees from the Tacloban City Social Welfare and Development Office and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Eight, recently reeled off at the Leyte Oriental Resort in Baras, Palo, Leyte.
The five-day activity is part of the Team Balikatan Rescue in Emergency (TeamBRE) being piloted in … Click here to read more...
DSWD awards Tacloban City Police
The DSWD Field Office Eight, thru Regional Director Remia Tapispisan, awarded a Certificate of Appreciation to the Police Community Relations Branch of Tacloban City Police Office during the former’s flag ceremony last Monday, August 12, 2013, at the DSWD Field Office Eight Grounds.
The latter actively served as Resource Speakers during the conduct of the Family Development Sessions (FDS) for the entire month of July 2013 in Tacloban City which … Click here to read more...