Fernand Painagan, Pantawid Pamilya beneficiary of Bato, Leyte, graduates as class Valedictorian, thanks CCT for support. … Click here to read more...
Juana, Ikaw na!
Tacloban City- DSWD Field Office VIII has joined the world in celebrating Women’s Month with this year’s theme “Juana, Desisyon Mo ay Mahalaga sa Kinabukasan ng Bawat Isa, Ikaw Na!” through the recent Gender and Development (GAD) Fun Walk and Zumba Dance which was attended by around 200 staff from its various divisions, programs, and centers.
Regional Director Nestor Ramos encouraged the staff to continue working hard and empowering communities, … Click here to read more...
Pantawid beneficiaries claim time management is key
Barugo, Leyte — “Time management lang yan”, say Bgy Calingcaguing community volunteers when asked about being busy with Pantawid Pamilya and KC-NCDDP activities. This comment brought the house down and won thumbs up from the representatives of World Bank, NIAPIT, the KC-NCDDP NPMO and other guests during the KC-NCDDP Interaction w/ Pantawid beneficiaries & community volunteers at Bgy. Calingcaguing, Barugo, Leyte.
Barugo is a 4th class municipality which has received … Click here to read more...
Marabut, Samar Mayor supports KC-NCDDP
“Gustung-gusto ko ang Kalahi-CIDSS. Dahil sa programang ito ng DSWD, natututo ang mga tao kung paano talaga mag-implement ng project,” said Mayor Percival Ortillo of the municipality of Marabut,Samar, during the recent World Bank Support Mission.
He shared then how the above program exhibits transparency and empowers the people and emphasized that development is a social responsibility.
“Lahat ng tao makikialam at makiki-isa, kaya sigurado maganda and proyekto,” … Click here to read more...
Foster Care not to be used to pre-identify a child for adoption
While a child may be placed in foster care as a preparation towards his placement with an adoptive family, it shall not be used to pre-identify a child for adoption. Social worker, Reyschel Balase, handling the Foster Care Service of the DSWD Field Office Eight issued this statement, to a group of some 26 workers hired under the DSWD – UNICEF project. The orientation on the DSWD Alternative Parental Care … Click here to read more...
Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries support global campaign to action on climate change
Guiuan, Eastern Samar ─ “Pinaagi han amon tinalagudti na buhat, mabulig kami paghatag hin aksyon ha mga isyu parti han climate change, para han kinabubuwason han amun pamilya ngan bug- os na komunidad (In our own little ways, we will help take action on the issues on climate change, for the future of our family and the entire community),” said Grace Rapada, 40 years old, one of the parent leaders … Click here to read more...
Hibunawan kids say ‘thank you’ to DSWD, Kalahi-CIDSS and MCC
This June 2015, at the opening of the next schoolyear, more than 25 Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program children-beneficiaries from Brgy. Hibunawan in the municipality of Burauen in Leyte will no longer stay inside their old room destroyed by Super Typhoon Yolanda.
“We thank DSWD, Kalahi-CIDSS NCDDP and Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) for this project. MCC is an innovative and independent U.S. foreign aid agency created in 2004 that is helping … Click here to read more...