Most rural communities still brand women with their stereotyped roles as the homemaker in the family. With kids to nurture, a house to maintain and a home to sustain, women in most barangays are full-time mothers. But, right after Kalahi-CIDSS introduced Gender Mainstreaming in  community development, women in the villages transformed  themselves not just as continue reading : Kalahi-CIDSS: Creating a Child-Friendly Space to Kalahi-Kids

For over 20 years, we have been longing  for decent and comfortable classrooms for the children of Brgy. Patong in the rural town of San Miguel, Leyte. Though we are still very hopeful, we never assumed that this dream will become a thing of reality. For pupils in this remote village, going to school every continue reading : Building Classrooms, Building Dreams

The Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan–Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services, an empowrment program of the   Department of Social Welfare amd Development (DSWD) has recently granted PhP 16, 844,599.00  for the implementation of sub-projects in the municipality of Alangalang, under the National Community-Driven Development (NCDDP) funding. Prioritization of funds was conducted during the Municipal Inter-Barangay continue reading : Kalahi-CIDSS to fund 16.8M Alangalang Farm-to-Market roads

December 9 – This is a special day for DSWD Regional Director, Restituto Macuto, as he celebrates his birthday on this day in the remote municipality of Pambujan in Northern Samar province. Addressing young leaders in the opening day of the Youth Congress, he tells about his struggles during childhood, while at the same time, continue reading : Director Macuto inspires youth on his birthday

DISASTER RESPONSE UPDATE: Flashflood incident in Eastern Visayas as of 22 December 10PM. @DSWDFO8 #ReliefPH #FloodPH #DSWDMayMalasakit