The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Eight, thru Regional Director Nestor Ramos, announced today that all efforts are being done by the agency that the quarterly release of social pension for indigent senior citizens be done on time.
Referring to the cash distribution in the cities and municipalities, Director Ramos said that “only one percent of the whole of Region Eight is being handled by our … Click here to read more...
Hilongos, Leyte — July 20, 2015. Seven hundred fifty (750) DSWD shelter units are to be built by beneficiaries for the municipalities of Hilongos, Inopacan and Hindang. These three municipalities have been identified by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the beneficiaries’ housing units will be funded by the ADB.
Inopacan was identified to have 250 units, Hindang, 295, while Hilongos with 205. The beneficiaries are victims of Yolanda who … Click here to read more...
The DSWD Field Office Eight, as chair of the Regional Council on Disability Affairs, (RCDA) reported today that the region will be packed with varied activities to mark the 37th National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week.
The launching will be held this Monday, July 20, 2015 via a motorcade which will start at eight o’clock in the morning, from the RTR Plaza in Tacloban. It will end at the DPWH … Click here to read more...
The Kalahi-CIDSS (Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan–Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services) DSWD Field Office VIII once again received a national recognition from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Central Office.
The Highest Community Grants Disbursed in NCDDP Award under the Extra Large Coverage Category and the First Region to Deliver 1B in Community Grants Award were presented by Secretary Dinky Soliman to Region VIII Program Management Team … Click here to read more...
“Ang tubig ay para sa lahat, lalo na sa mahihirap.”
Mano Pomping Dacanay, 71, believes that every single drop of water is for everyone, especially the poor. This is the main reason why he and the community folks of Brgy. New Minarog, Motiong, Samar decided to choose the Construction of Level-II Gravity Fed Water Supply System worth
Php 480,963.52 as their sub-project under Kalahi-CIDSS with funding from Millennium Challenge Corporation … Click here to read more...
Philippine Socioeconomic Planning Secretary and NEDA Director General Arsenio Balisacan visited Typhoon Yolanda rehabilitation projects in Leyte which inluded ADB-JFPR supported projects in Brgy Bislig, Leyte. ADB-JFPR, through DSWD and Plan International, is implementing the following projects in Brgy Bislig: rehabilitation of 11 classrooms in Bislig Elementary School; livelihood projects through cash-for work activities, out-of-school youth vocational skills training, cash grants, training and microgrants given to farmers/fisherfolks and community based … Click here to read more...