Some 1,356 of the total 1,373 identified families of Lavezares, a town in Northern Samar, have already received their cash grants under the Emergency Shelter Assistance (ESA) for Typhoon Ruby victims of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The remaining number represents those who have not claimed as of to date.
Lavazares Municipal Mayor Quintin Saludaga was present during one of the pay – outs, which started on … Click here to read more...
A flourishing eatery up in the mountains of Cabucgayan town is being run by a group of women organized by the DSWD Field Office VIII in coordination with the municipal government. Timely, it opened on May 24 of this year, on a summertime when business is good. For it is here at Barangay Balahid where the route to Casabangan Falls starts. And the “carenderia” is just a few meters away … Click here to read more...
Be Full and Be Merry by the Bay has become the center of attraction and gathering for most of Cabucgayan’s community folks, in this side of Biliran province. Now two years after Yolanda, the town has become even more livelier than before. It is all because of the intervention of the DSWD Field Office VIII when it pursued the Cash-for-Building-Livelihood Assets (CBLA), providing temporary income to 52 poor households.
Tacloban City — Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office VIII Regional Director Resty Macuto accepts ten units of chainsaws donated by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) represented by IOM Director of the Manila (Global) Administrative Center and Chief of Missions, Marco Boasso, during the Monday flag ceremony at the DSWD grounds.
IOM’s Construction Coordinator Logistics and Emergency Response Lead Francis Cleto Abad, Provincial Coordinator Rizalino “Jorie” de … Click here to read more...
Palo, Leyte – June 3, 2016. “Conducting a survey and rapid assessment is vital to responding to an emergency or disaster situation. It identifies what the particular disaster has done to the disaster-stricken community and indicates what needs to be done in terms of response and rehabilitation”, said DSWD Field Office VIII Regional Director Resty Macuto, as guest of honor at the closing ceremonies of the Rapid Damage Assessment … Click here to read more...
Lavezares, Northern Samar — DSWD awarded 110 beneficiaries from Bobon and Lavazares, Northern Samar, each with P160, 000.00 worth of shelter units in checks.
“Iyo unta higugma-un, ngan ayaw igbaligya kay para gud ini hit iyo pamilya”, (May you love and cherish this gift as this endowment is really for your family), thus exhorts Bobon Mayor Rene Celespara during the recent Awarding of Checks to Core … Click here to read more...
The Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) has completed a total of 3, 443 projects in the first quarter of this year. The data was gathered in the 2016 first quarter report of said program.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) recently turned over these projects to some 134 municipalities in Eastern Visayas
As of March 31, 2016, Leyte province has completed 1, … Click here to read more...