Having done several field work for the department myself, I have come to wonder how the Listahanan fieldworkers are doing. “I walked kilometers, crossed a river, searched and waited long for a vehicle to take me back to the poblacion”, says Gey Quero, enumerator, Leyte cluster. These are just among the difficulties experienced by DSWD continue reading : Working in the Field
DSWD awards P500k grant to fishermen
Marabut, Western Samar, July 18, 2014 — The DSWD Field Office Eight, through Assistant Regional Director for Operations (ARDO) Resty Macuto, recently awarded a 500 thousand peso long term livelihood grant for the purchase of ten motorized bancas as a response to the needs of some Typhoon Yolanda survivors of Barangay Tinabanan of this town. continue reading : DSWD awards P500k grant to fishermen
One Small Voice, One Big Dream
Department of Social Welfare and Development Sec. Corazon ‘Dinky’ Juliano-Soliman poses with grade VI pupil Jethro Maraya, a Pantawid Pamilya beneficiary, as she pledged support for the construction of Bislig Elementary School fence and repair of remaining rooms. The pupil gave his Typhoon Yolanda testimonial in front of Sec. Dinky, World Bank Group (WBG) President, continue reading : One Small Voice, One Big Dream
DSWD Sec introduces World Bank to Palo pupils
DSWD Sec Dinky Soliman, WBG President Jim Yon Kim, Netherlands Foreign Trade and Dev’t Cooperation Minister Ploumen and party visit the Kalahi CIDDS- National Community-Driven Development Program (NCDDP) built school in Bislig, Tanauan Leyte. They also went into a Grade IV classroom where Sec Dinky asked the graders whether they knew what the World Bank was continue reading : DSWD Sec introduces World Bank to Palo pupils
DSWD Sec Dinky and foreign guests connect to Pantawid beneficiaries
Palo Mayor Matin Petilla (3rd from left), Netherlands Minister Ploumen, WB President JYK and Leyte Gov. Dominic Petilla as DSWD Secretary Dinky Soliman requested for Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program beneficiaries for storyteller – volunteers to share their personal Yolanda/Haiyan stories. During this particular forum when WBG Pres. Kim was asked to speak, he solicited opinions from continue reading : DSWD Sec Dinky and foreign guests connect to Pantawid beneficiaries
DSWD-assisted Bahay Kubo Farm yields veggies
World Bank President Dr. Kim examines a pepper and a fresh tomato, part of the yield from this demo farm, as DSWD Assistant Regional Director for Operations Resty Macuto and the media look on. The veggies laid out before the visitors have been harvested from the 5-hectare Bahay Kubo-Kimchi Demo Farm at Bgy. Anahaway, Palo continue reading : DSWD-assisted Bahay Kubo Farm yields veggies
Pantawid Pamilya beneficiary shares program benefits to DSWD Secretary and WBG President
Netherlands Foreign Trade and Dev’t Cooperation Minister Elisabeth “Lilliane” Ploumen, WBG President Jim Yon Kim, Leyte Gov. Dominic Petilla and DSWD Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Juliano – Soliman listens from a Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program beneficiary on how her life has changed owing to the benefits received from the conditional cash transfer program.