Tacloban City- “Although we take the lead, we cannot do it alone.” Regional Director Remia Tapispisan of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) stated during the Regional Inter-Agency Partnership Forum of the Sustainable Livelihood Program at the Leyte Park Hotel today, May 17, 2013. Director Tapispisan expressed gratitude to the participants in taking continue reading : DSWD Engages with More Partners for Sustainable Livelihood
TWO MORE BATCHES OF TRAINING ON WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION CHILD GROWTH STANDARDS ON SF FOR LGU SOCIAL WORKERS
There are two more batches of local government unit social workers who will undergo a four – day training on the newly – introduced World Health Organization – Child Growth Standards (WHO-CGS) on April of this year, revealed DSWD Field Office Eight Regional Director Remia Tapispisan. The series of trainings conducted by province and city continue reading : TWO MORE BATCHES OF TRAINING ON WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION CHILD GROWTH STANDARDS ON SF FOR LGU SOCIAL WORKERS
PPD Staff Gets Tips on Handling Stress in Today’s Time
How do you best handle work-related stress? At the Department of Social Welfare and Development, the nature of work demands that employees respond quickly to disasters, provides service to address social issues and commits to improve the situation of the poor and marginalized sector in the country. Everyone has their fair share of stress and continue reading : PPD Staff Gets Tips on Handling Stress in Today’s Time
An Empowered Woman
“Kababaihan Katuwang ng Bayan sa Paglutas ng Kahirapan Tungo sa Magandang Kinabukasan.” This slogan was made by a parent-leader of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (Pantrawid Pamilya) during the Slogan-Making Contest in celebration of Women’s Month, her entry bagged first place. Gadeza Ligutan, 32, is an active Pantawid Pamilya parent-leader from Brgy. 95-Caibaan, Tacloban City. She continue reading : An Empowered Woman
Future CSO Partners Likely to Advocate “Bawal Ang EPAL Dito” Campaign
As much as the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) communicates widely to reach vast audience on the anti-EPAL (credit-grabbing personalities) campaign called the “Bawal Ang Epal Dito”, Civil Society Organizations (CSO) from the province of Northern Samar eagerly expressed support to intensify their advocacy efforts during the CSO Forum held at the Pantawid continue reading : Future CSO Partners Likely to Advocate “Bawal Ang EPAL Dito” Campaign
What Men Can Do, Women Also Can
Gone are those days wherein women were only focused in their homes and family, doing household chores, attending to her husband and kids’ needs. Women, Filipino women in particular, nowadays have largely been acknowledged in their roles in the society: whether in arts, politics, administrative or office works, engineering or architectural jobs, or even in continue reading : What Men Can Do, Women Also Can
DSWD – FUNDED MICRO – ENTERPRISES HIT MORE THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND IN SALES IN FIRST QUARTER
For the first quarter of this year, livelihood associations of the DSWD’s Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) have reached their sales from their micro-enterprises to some Php 103,958.00, from three trade fairs organized by the agency. The DSWD – assisted Samahan ng Kababaihan SEA-K (Self-Employment Assistance – Kaunlaran) Association of Barangay Cabay in Balangkayan, Eastern Samar, continue reading : DSWD – FUNDED MICRO – ENTERPRISES HIT MORE THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND IN SALES IN FIRST QUARTER