The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office VIII, through the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (Pantawid Pamilya), recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Save the Children at Rosevenil Hotel, Tacloban City.

Save the Children Program Coordinator Lyra Sagales said the partnership’s goal is to promote child-sensitivity among Pantawid Pamilya families in super typhoon Yolanda-affected areas of Leyte Province, particularly in Villaba and Matag-ob municipalities.

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The Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the region is acknowledging the initiatives and milestones of its partner stakeholders in advancing Gender and Development (GAD) integration in the said poverty alleviation program. The recognition was made in both  regional and national activity,  as part of the closing activities of Kalahi-CIDSS Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), held … Click here to read more...

TACLOBAN CITY – “Water emanating from the Filtration Tank at Ridgeview Park, Cabalawan, this city, is potable, clean and fit for drinking”, so reports IOM Philippines Program Manager in Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) Conrad Navidad to the viting team headed by DSWD Undersecretary for Operations and Programs Group-Protective Programs (OPG-PP) Vilma Cabrera recently.

The favorable result of the Leyte Metropolitan Water District’s (LMWD) Bacteriological Test for Water result … Click here to read more...

Acting on the directives of DSWD Secretary Corazon Juliano – Soliman,  Region Eight has taken preparatory moves and other initiatives should the threat of El Niño phenomenon set in.

DSWD Region Eight Director Restituto Macuto stated that just like in any other disaster,  the agency is making an inventory of the stockpile of relief commodities intended for augmentation assistance.  As of to date,  there are over Php 2 million pesos … Click here to read more...

DSWD Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman met with close to 3,000 partner beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program recently, at the Leyte Academic Center, Palo, Leyte.

The dialogue served as a venue to address several issues and concerns including those related to the national and local elections, to share updates on the institutionalization of Pantawid Pamilya and the impact of the said program to the partner beneficiaries.

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