Since April of this year, the DSWD Field Office Eight has been conducting several batches of trainings to prepare some 1, 713 enumerators for the field interview on “LISTAHANAN.” The move is in line with the second round of assessment of poor households which has started last second week of May in some areas; the first round was made in year 2009 that resulted to a database of 335, 208 … Click here to read more...
Barangay volunteers commit to a more inclusive and gender-sensitive Kalahi-CIDSS processes
TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte-“Akong iprisintar ang akong nahibaloan sa pagseminar sa BGAD (Barangay Gender and Development); ako’ ning katungdanan komo usa ka lider sa pamilya ug sa barangay. (I believe that I have the responsibility to share what I learned from this BGAD seminar to my family and community.”)
This was how a participant committed himself to utilizing the skills and knowledge he got, after attending the recently concluded Roll-out Training … Click here to read more...
DSWDFO8 releases Php12-M+ thru SLP’s CBLA for Quinapondan
DSWD FO8 has released Php 12, 246,000.00 as emergency assistance for 3,140 Typhoon Ruby affected families from the 23 barangays in Quinapondan, Eastern Samar through the Sustainable Livelihood Program’s Cash for Building Livelihood Assets (CBLA). Beneficiaries from 23 barangays participated in labor-intensive activities for 15 days.
CBLA is one of the strategies seen as an effective tool in rebuilding damaged livelihood assets. It’s a primary intervention to start livelihoods for … Click here to read more...
Balangiga housewife leads Kalahi-CIDDS rehab sub-projects
Reymunda Amegable (center), Kalahi-CIDSS’ Brgy. Sub-Project Management Committee (BSPMC)Chairperson explains to Takeshi Koike from the Office of Co-financing Operations of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in charge of the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction (JFPR) Fund Facility, the program of works of the Kalahi-CIDSS (Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan–Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services) sub-project in Balangiga, Eastern Samar under the JFPR funding during a site visit on April 23, … Click here to read more...
CDD lessons armed Laoang communities to battle poverty, disaster
Living in Laoang
Laoang has always been an important part of Philippines’ history. According to early writings, the Christianization of Laoang was as early as the evangelization of the whole archipelago since the municipality is an old settlement that dates back during the Pre-Hispanic era. Geographically speaking, the town which is composed of barangays from the mainland and two islands facing the Pacific, is located at the eastern side of … Click here to read more...
DSWD bares ESA updates in Region Eight
The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office Eight (Eastern Visayas) has released, as of to date, Emergency Shelter Assistance (ESA) funds to eight Leyte municipalities, one city and three other municipalities in Samar, totaling to more than P2B.
ESA in Tacloban City has been partially released, to the LGU on November 24, 2014 and payouts to Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries was done on the 25th to 28th of November … Click here to read more...
Gov’t. social worker recognized
Social Welfare Officer III, Alice Viazon, (3rd from left), 58, is one of five awardees of Consuelo Foundation’s Search for Exemplary Gov’t. Registered Social Workers for her commendable practice during the Yolanda disaster operations, particularly along child protection during emergencies. Around her are fellow social workers from the DSWD Field Office Eight; Social Welfare Officer V, Marcela Lim (2nd from L), the president of a regional association of DSWD social … Click here to read more...