With the second round of assessment of poor households coming near, the DSWD Field Office Eight, through Regional Director, Nestor Ramos, is calling for greater vigor and rigor from among workers who will soon be involved in the identification of poor households regionwide. The DSWD regional official announced that the agency will be adopting an continue reading : DSWD calls for more vigor in second round of assessment of poor
KALAHI CIDSS answers, with a big help from community folks
Brgy. Sub-project Mgt Committee Chairperson Leovegilda Carampatana,72 years old, proudly shows their damaged school bldg in Brgy. Kiling MacArthur, Leyte. Although damaged by Supertyphoon Yolanda in 2013, classrooms will be repaired this April thru the Kalahi Cidss Program under the National Community-Driven Devt Program funding. The municipality of MacArthur received a total of PhP 14.9 continue reading : KALAHI CIDSS answers, with a big help from community folks
CCT boy strives to graduate from poverty
CCT boy strives to graduate from poverty Jerome Tolibas, 16 yrs. old, Pantawid Pamilya beneficiary from Brgy. Salvador, Tanauan, Leyte, graduates as Class Valedictorian at Kiling National High School and receives numerous awards such as Academic Excellence Award of the Philippine Senate; Best in English, Science, and Mathematics; JCI Youth Leadership Award for being an continue reading : CCT boy strives to graduate from poverty
Leyte governor, mayors pledge to create sustainable livelihood opportunities for the poor
The face-to-face meeting of Leyte Provincial Governor, Dominic Petilla, and all of the province’s 40 municipal mayors, with 26 heads/representatives of national line agencies was a big success in meeting the objective of “Salubungan” of the Accelerated and Sustainable Anti–Poverty Program (ASAPP) of the Human Development and Poverty Reduction Cluster of national government agencies. With continue reading : Leyte governor, mayors pledge to create sustainable livelihood opportunities for the poor
DSWD region eight pursues male employees to be gender-sensitive & anti-VAWC advocates
The DSWD Field Office Eight, under the leadership of Director Nestor Ramos, is bent on developing some 40 male employees to become more gender sensitive family members and strong advocates of anti-violence against women and children (VAWC). To be able to pursue its end, the agency conducted late March of this year a three – continue reading : DSWD region eight pursues male employees to be gender-sensitive & anti-VAWC advocates
DSWD F0 Eight gets ready to launch ASAPP
March 30, 2015, Tacloban City. DSWD Field Office Eight is currently getting ready for the launching of a new strategy called the Accelerated and Sustainable Anti-Poverty Program (ASAPP) on April 10, 2015. In an initial meeting called by Policy and Plans Division Chief, Yvonne Abonales to key personnel of the Field Office, it was learned continue reading : DSWD F0 Eight gets ready to launch ASAPP