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 continue reading : DSWD Says Disaster Response is Everyone’s Responsibility

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, continue reading : DSWD’S HOME FOR WOMEN RECEIVES PHILHEALTH – DOH RUN PROCEEDS

“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.  continue reading : “ HEALING “

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 continue reading : TACLOBAN’S FISHERFOLK RECEIVE CASH SUBSIDY, OTHER INCENTIVES FOR DISASTER VOLUNTEER WORK

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 continue reading : 135 YOUTHS READY FOR EMPLOYMENT AFTER FINISHING DSWD-TESDA TECH/VOCATIONAL TRAINING

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, continue reading : Myanmar Government Officials Visit Region 8 to Learn CDD

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 continue reading : DSWD Says Pantawid Pamilya Beneficiaries are Generated thru NHTS-PR