DSWD to send relief aid to E. Samar & Biliran too
Regional Director Nestor Ramos of the DSWD Field Office Eight issued an announcement today that his agency will be sending some 150 boxes of cereal drink for babies to three towns of Eastern Samar, and another 50 boxes for Biliran. There are also a total of 1, 000 sacks of rice due for delivery to Biliran province today.
He said the agency is responding to the call of local government … Click here to read more...
DSWD initial relief aid for N. Samar
Truckloads of rice and other goods, including some 140 tarpaulins, were headed for Northern Samar yesterday. Hopefully, these relief commodities will reach the 2, 184 families in 28 evacuation centers of Catarman by today. The Northern Samar road network was blocked by the landslides and fallen trees brought by Typhoon Nona. Hence, the Allen and Lope de Vega routes were not passable as of this early morning’s report. Yet, the … Click here to read more...
DSWD ON RED ALERT
Regional Director Nestor Ramos of the DSWD Field Office Eight announces today that field workers of the agency, assigned in the six provinces, are closely keeping in touch with local governments on their readiness against typhoon Nona.
These so-called Social Welfare Action and Development Teams (SWADTs) of the Field Office are sitting down in meetings of the Provincial/City/Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils (P/C/M DRRMCs) and thereafter, give immediate … Click here to read more...
Ridgeview Park 1 stay-at-home Mom fights to keep family ‘alive’
Arlyn Artugue lost two of her three children during typhoon Yolanda. One was her 12-year old son and the other, her 3-year old daughter. “Mas masakit, kasi malakas pa sila nung time na yun”, she said. And in a few minutes, they were gone. She almost gave in to depression when both children passed away during the height of the storm. Because of the strong water current, she was unable … Click here to read more...
DSWD, ADB does core shelter project for Yolanda victims of Hilongos
Hilongos, Leyte – Some two hundred ninety-seven (297) poor Yolanda victims of this town were recently awarded P70,000. 00 each for the construction of a core shelter unit funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will be implementing this so-called Core Shelter Project, with the ADB and local government unit at various levels and other government entities as partners.
The beneficiaries, who … Click here to read more...
She never gives up!
Rosalinda Tabiana Bedua, 31, is a housewife of Barangay Cabangcalan, Zone 4 in Sta. Fe, Leyte. She is married to Norberto Polidaria Bedua, 30, a collector of Asset Credit Loan. The couple is blessed with four children, two of whom are Pantawid Pamilya program beneficiaries – Neil Ric, nine years old and a Grade three pupil of Sta. Fe Elementary School, and Nicole Ann, eight years old and a Grade … Click here to read more...