From Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (Pantawid Pamilya) to other interventions, one community in this part of Northern Samar province started to be re-awakened. The once passive people were turned to be active citizens now. Barangay Francisco of Catubig is now working its way to become self-reliant via a group of 85 Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries who continue reading : A Self-Reliant Community Grows
DSWD official cites 3 Cs in anti-trafficking campaign
In today’s launch of the Trafficking in Persons Exhibit, DSWD Field Office Eight Assistant Regional Director for Operations, Restituto Macuto, mentioned the essential 3 Cs in counter-trafficking, as the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Philippines made its way to Tacloban for the mobile exhibit. Proper Communication, strong coordination, and sustained collaboration among the humanitarian actors continue reading : DSWD official cites 3 Cs in anti-trafficking campaign
Something for the children
When Vangie (center) volunteered to be a Kalahi-CIDSS’ Barangay Sub-Project Management Committee member, she did not think of herself or the incentive that she might personally get from the project. With the construction of Kalahi-CIDSS’ Day Care Center under the Australian Government grant, Evangeline Timtiman is helping the project not just for her continue reading : Something for the children
We Make Our Own Miracles
How do you make the impossible so possible? How do you give so many things when you have nothing? How can a poor family inspire a society to make a difference now, to rise from great devastation, and to share with others a life that is far better from that of yesterday? This is a continue reading : We Make Our Own Miracles
DSWD top official inspires displaced families of Tacloban
“Sinisiguro namin na kayo ay hindi na biktima kundi suvivors,” DSWD Secretary Dinky Soliman told 550 families living in nine barangays of Tacloban, said to be danger zones, during the recent ceremonial program for the groundbreaking of the soon-to-rise Pope Francis Village at Barangay 99, Diit, in Tacloban City. She announced that the DSWD has continue reading : DSWD top official inspires displaced families of Tacloban
Kalahi-CIDSS rehabs water system, empowers youth
JR, a 21-year-old Barangay Sub-Project Management Committee Chair of Guindapunan, Javier confidently provides technical details of their Kalahi-CIDSS rehab project to National Program Manager Chi Redaja during her recent visit in Leyte last week. Said rehabilitation project, which is funded by Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction (JFPR), is a repair of Level II Gravity Fed continue reading : Kalahi-CIDSS rehabs water system, empowers youth
More classrooms this year: Kalahi-CIDSS releases P20.7M Australian DFAT rehab grant to communities for schools in EV
The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Kalahi-CIDSS (Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan–Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services) program has already released a total of PHP 20, 702, 106.90 from the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) grant to fund sub-projects in 32 barangays across seven municipalities in Eastern Visayas. Out of continue reading : More classrooms this year: Kalahi-CIDSS releases P20.7M Australian DFAT rehab grant to communities for schools in EV