“Kailangan natin ng sama-samang aksyon at kolektibong pagkilos para maabot natin ang iisang adhikain na maingat ang kabuhayan ng ating mga pamilyang nasa laylayan ng kahirapan gaya ng mga benepisyaryo ng Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps),” shared DSWD Field Office VIII Regional Director Restituto Macuto quoting Secretary Judy Taguiwalo during the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signing with LGH International Services Inc., yesterday at Ironwood Hotel, Tacloban City.
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The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VIII Assistant Regional Director for Administration Marlene Kahano attended the recent Turn-over of Funds for Shelter Assistance to Badjao Indigenous Peoples affected by typhoon Yolanda in the municipality of Isabel, Leyte.
Said shelter assistance amounting to Php 3,755,183.09 from the National Disaster Risk Reduction & Management Council (NDRRMC) is provided to around 49 Badjao families, 43 of which are … Click here to read more...
State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) provided implementation updates on the Expanded Student’s Grant-In-Aid Program for Poverty Alleviation (ESGP-PA) during their recent Regional Steering Committee (RSC) 2nd Quarter Meeting at Hotel Alejandro, Tacloban City.
The SUCs include University of Eastern Philippines(UEP), Eastern Samar State University(ESSU), Samar State University(SSU), Northwest Samar State University(NWSSU), Leyte Normal University(LNU), Visayas State University(VSU), Palompon Institute of Technology(PIT), Southern Leyte State University (SLSU), Naval Institute of … Click here to read more...
Persons with disabilities (PWDs), it’s their week ! The Regional Council on Disability Affairs (RCDA) leads in the celebration of the National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week which kicked off Monday, July 17, 2017. In the launching spearheaded by the Tacloban City Social Welfare and Development Office (one of the member – agencies), DSWD O.I.C.-Assistant Regional Director, Marlene Kahano, calls on everyone to support the cause of persons with disabilities. … Click here to read more...
After years of stressing their muscles in paddling their boats, some 150 fishermen in Cabucgayan, Biliran received new fish nets and fiber glass fishing motorboats last June 23, 2017.
Through the convergence of the DSWD, DOLE, DOST, and BFAR, these fishermen can now earn more income in a much convenient way.
“I am very thankful to receive a new fishing equipment to sustain my livelihood. I got my motorboat … Click here to read more...
A photo of the SLPA recipients representatives, SLP staffs, 4Ps Municipal link, and MSWDO Nona Petilla with one of the buffaloes distributed.
Some 52 farmers were awarded 10 dairy Bulgarian buffaloes for a dairy production enterprise from the DSWD Sustainable Livelihood Program during the turn – over ceremony last June 23, 2017 at the Visayas State University (VSU) in Baybay, Leyte.
The said recipients belong to the three Sustainable … Click here to read more...
Earlier, DSWD provided burial assistance to bereaved families with total amount of Php71,000.00, plus a cash assistance of Php5,000.00 to the family of Gerry Movilla, a DSWD-SLP security guard trainee who died in the collapsed building in Kananga.
To date, 3 dead persons were reported. This is based on recent report of the DSWD FO8.
In an interview with Merlinda Pacquiao, Gerry Movilla’s wife, she expressed that … Click here to read more...