A total of 275 households from barangay Barubaybay in Lavezares town were spared from the wrath and destruction of Typhoon Nona when it made landfall in Northern Samar Province, December 14, 2015. This was made possible due to Kalahi-CIDSS’ 97-Linear meter Seawall which was constructed by the community folks themselves. “Malaki talaga ang naging tulong continue reading : Kalahi-CIDSS seawall saves one community amidst TS Nona

Brgy. Aguadahan, Laoang in Northern Samar is just 30-minute boat ride away from Batag Island where Tropical Storm Nona made landfall on December 14, 2015. Though categorized as a small village with only 188 households, said barangay was able to received four sub-projects under DSWD’s poverty alleviation program, Kalahi-CIDSS (Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and continue reading : Small village across Batag Island in Laoang spared from Nona’s wrath through Kalahi-CIDSS projects

A total of 25 families took refuge into Kalahi-CIDSS school buildings in Brgy. Arellano in Bobon town, the day Tropical Storm Nona hit the Northern Samar province. Rosana Bumacod, 41, said she was very thankful when the school buildings were completed since the project was for their children’s education. But, Rosana never thought the project continue reading : Kalahi-CIDSS’ school buildings withstood TS Nona

Spearheading the DSWD relief operations in Northern Samar, Assistant Regional Director for Operations Restituto Macuto bared today the latest assistance extended to Northern Samar. Via a C130 plane, the DSWD National Relief Operations Center in Manila delivered yesterday, Dec. 16, 2015 to Catarman, some 1, 075 family food packs, ten generator sets, and 250 rolls continue reading : Updates on DSWD Assistance to Northern Samar

With a total of 7, 414 houses wrecked down by typhoon Nona, there are still some 2, 349 families of 9, 371 individuals temporarily staying at 28 evacuation centers of Northern Samar province. The DSWD’s Disaster Response Monitoring and Information Center (DROMIC) also bared some 80, 405 houses from same province which were partially damaged. continue reading : N. SAMAR reports 7, 414 totally damaged houses; 28 evacuation centers remain

Assistant Regional Director for Operations Restituto Macuto returned to field office yesterday night from his land and aerial survey in the Samar provinces, with updates that a total of 72 evacuation centers have already closed and a total of 3,690 families have now returned to their respective homes. Now, there are just 51 existing evacuation continue reading : DSWD continues to respond to calls for augmentation