In order to make sure that residents of this permanent housing settlement get enough water for their basic needs, PDOs of DSWD Field Office 8, representatives of the City Housing Office, and the IOM, check on the pipes, faucets and water flow.… Click here to read more...
With the majority of bunkhouse residents/families being transferred in droves this April, the Ridgeview Park 1 community is buzzing with activity.
To get the water facility ready for everyone, and the water system going like clockwork, DSWDF08’s PDOs and some residents of Ridgeview did Pintakasi/Bayanihan activities in the part of the river where water is drawn for the catchment well. Meetings were also held with the Officers and Board of … Click here to read more...
(Ridgeview Park, Tacloban City) Excitement, enthusiasm, exhaustion, a bit of frustration, but mostly happiness were the emotional states/moods seen and felt by this SMO as she made some rounds with DSWDF08 Program Development Officer (PDO) Joseph de la Pena. While the latter was doing visitations and asking new ‘transferees’ if their house was okay, or if they had complaints regarding their unit, checking on their entry forms, etc., this writer … Click here to read more...
A Trade Fair is being conducted since yesterday, March 30, 2016 and will end today at the DSWD Field Office Eight Grounds in Tacloban. Seven women coming from four women associations organized under the agency’s Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP), as well as four women from the DSWD’s Regional Haven (home for abused/exploited women at Pawing, Palo),have participated in the two – day event.
The women groups/associations are the Kauswagan … Click here to read more...
IPI bunkhouse residents have started loading their belongings at seven o’clock this morning into moving trucks and multicabs which would bring them and their things to their new and permanent homes at Ridgeview Park 1, located at the northern part of the city
Food packs, which are part of DSWD’s commitment for this specific activity (IDP transfer/ relocation) were made ready for the bunkhouse residents moving to Ridgeview Park 1. … Click here to read more...
Adoption & Foster Care Promoted
In a Consultation Dialogue with Key Partners on Adoption & Foster Care held recently at Asia’s Stars Hotel in Tacloban City, DSWD O.I.C.-Regional Director Resty Macuto of Field Office Eight addresses judges, lawyers, prosecutors, court social workers as well as Pantawid Pamilya staff of Region Eight as “Kapamilya,” “kakampi,” “kapuso.” He reiterated Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman’s call to strongly promote the Foster Care Services to … Click here to read more...
Rona Idlisan, second among eight children of Vilma, a housewife, and Romeo, a farmer and laborer, shared that being an Expanded Student Grants-In-Aid Program for Poverty Alleviation (ESGP-PA) grantee was a huge factor for her to become an honor student. She imparted that because of the said program, she is no longer confronted with agonizing financial issues. Hence, she became more confident and focused on studying, learning, and getting high … Click here to read more...