At the opening of this year’s National Disaster Consciousness Month celebration, Assistant Regional Director for Administration, Virginia Idano, of the DSWD Field Office Eight emphasized in her message that disaster response is not the responsibility of one or more agencies,  but the concern of all.  The activity was held early July, at the Robinson’s Place in Tacloban City.

Representing DSWD Eight Director Remia Tapispisan,  who sits as vice – chair … Click here to read more...

Finally, the DSWD’s Regional Haven at Pawing in Palo, Leyte got half of the proceeds from the “biggest run in the history of Eastern Visayas,” as what PHILHEALTH Regional Vice – President Walter Bacareza described of the PHILHEALTH – DOH run of February 17 of this year, conducted in Tacloban City.

The said nationwide run, expected only some 3,000 runners inthe city, but reached, however, to some 5, 800 in … Click here to read more...

“Waray na ak pahuway,”  ( I could hardly breathe),  Lily, 42, (not her real name) poured out her past agony,  what was like living with her now estranged husband – Mario,  some five years back.   Day in and day out,  she was tormented physically, emotionally, verbally and economically !  She could not just leave home.  The proverbial Filipino culturedictates keeping a family together, with maximum tolerance,  if only for the … Click here to read more...

Some 50 fishermen of the coastal barangays of Barangays 88 to 90 of San Jose District in Tacloban City have started receiving cash subsidies and other incentives, as they continue to perform their commitments to the DSWD’s Team Balikatan Rescue in Emergency (TEAMBRE) Project.

Lolit Dadap, DSWD focal person, bared that the group of fishermen – volunteers are now enjoying cash incentives, even while undergoing trainings, like the recent ten … Click here to read more...

Finally, the 135 youths, coming from Northern Samar’s eight Balicuatro Islands,  have finished Wednesday, June 19, 2013,  an almost three – month technical/vocational training,  under the DSWD and Technical Services Development Authority (TESDA) Cash for Training Program (C4TP).

These recipients, mostly out-of-school youths who are aged 18 to 30 years old, are now armed with the skills and knowledge as well as tool kits for them to start their own … Click here to read more...

A two-day learning visit to Region 8 brought Myanmar officials to the municipalities of Paranas, Samar and Hernani in Eastern Samar, particularly in barangays with successful implementation of the Kapit-BisigLaban saKahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) project of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).

In close coordination withthe DSWD, World Bank, andconcerned Local Government Units, the said visit impressed visitors especially on how the community was … Click here to read more...

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has recently clarified that it did not authorize distribution of registration forms to recruit new beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (Pantawid Pamilya).

The heat of the recent election had stirred media to get clarifications from the department after an unauthorized distribution of forms during the election period containing logos of the Liberal party, the DSWD’s Pantawid Pamilya and the National … Click here to read more...