In a Civil Society Organization (CSO) – led conference on Civil Registration held this week at the Ritz Tower de Leyte in Tacloban City, DSWD Secretary Corzaon Juliano “Dinky” Soliman congratulated the group behind the Mobile Civil Registration Project in helping out Yolanda survivors recover and reconstruct their civil records and identity documents that were destroyed after the supertyphoon. The project, spearheaded by the Initiatives for Dialogue and Empowerment through … Click here to read more...
Voice of one Pantawid Pamilya parent leader wows spectators
Pantawid Pamilya Parent-leader, Lilia Advincula, of Barangay 39 in Tacloban City is all substance and humor as she impresses the audience, particularly DSWD Secretary Corazon Juliano Soliman, in the one – day Civil Society Organization (CSO) – Led Fora entitled, “The Voice of the People,” held Monday, February 23, 2015 at the Tacloban Convention Center. The middle – aged woman tells some close to 1, 500 Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries of … Click here to read more...
Damo nga salamat , Kalahi-CIDSS ngan MCC
“Itong drainage canal namin at barangay road, masasabi naming labor of love talaga. Kahit na mahirap, mas masarap pala pag nakikita mo ‘yung pinaghirapan ng buong barangay, lalo na kung nagka-isa talaga ang mga tao para matapos ito. Damo nga salamat ha Kalahi-CIDSS ngan Millennium Challenge Corporation.
— Residents of Brgy. Poblacion 3, San Sebastian, Samar… Click here to read more...
I’m a 4Ps scholar
They call us the lower class, the twerps, a burden to the government. They dub us dependents, supposedly merely after government doles. They call us the poorest of the poor, the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps).
Let me tell you people, we are less fortunate but we are not stupid. Yes, we are receiving a certain amount from the government, to alleviate our … Click here to read more...
DSWD Regional Director Clarifies on the “Green Card” issue
“It has been a little over a year since Super Typhoon Yolanda caused great destruction to our lives and properties. The assistance has been overwhelming, as it comes from varied sources, both nationally and internationally. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) created long ago, past many typhoons, the so – called DAFAC which stands for Disaster Assistance Family Access Card. Commonly called nowadays as the “green card,” it … Click here to read more...
Region Eight’s KALAHI CIDDS NCDDP on disaster mode
Super typhoon Yolanda changed the design of the DSWD KALAH CIDSS National Community Driven Development Program (KALAHI CIDSS NCDDP), a poverty reduction program which uses the technology of participation whereby community folks are involved in development activities, says the Deputy Regional Program Manager, Eubolo Co, today Jan. 26, in a Regional Media Orientation being held at Hotel Alejandro in Tacloban. The program is curently being implemented to respond to disaster, … Click here to read more...
DSWD awards two bayanI Ka! partner LGUs
The Local Government Units of Laoang and Silvino Lobos of the Province of Northern Samar receives national recognition during the bayanI Ka! Awards on January 23, 2015 at the Asian Institute of Management Conference Center, Makati City.
Laoang bags the bayanI Ka! award for Improved Local Governance Category while Silvino Lobos for Peace category, two major awards from the first search which will now be done yearly. The bayanI Ka! … Click here to read more...