Eleven drug surrenderers of Barugo, Leyte are the first ever to receive livelihood aid from the DSWD Field Office, after completing the Community-Based Rehabilitation Program conducted by the local government unit and some national government agencies like the DSWD. Through the agency’s Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) under the Pre-Employment Assistance Fund (PEAF) modality, each of continue reading : DSWD aids Drug Surrenderers for employment

In a recent interview of PR-TV 12 in Tacloban, Protective Services Unit, Ofelia Onida Pagay of the DSWD Field Office VIII, emphasized that there are no referrals needed insofar as medical/burial/educational/transportation assistance are concerned. She informed that the social worker will assess the needs of clients based on the Social Case Study Report or Brief continue reading : No referrals for MEDICAL/BURIAL/EDUCATIONAL/TRANSPORTATION Assistance needed

Finally, the DSWD Field Office Eight have finished its month-long pay – out of cash gift to the first batch of centenarians in the region. Numbering to fifty-five, there were 47 of them who were able to benefit the Php 100, 000.00 incentive from the DSWD. DSWD Focal Person for Senior Citizens, Asther Dadulla, bared continue reading : PAY – OUT OF FIRST BATCH OF CENTENARIANS COMPLETED

DSWD Field Office VIII Regional Director Restituto Macuto shared that some Philippine State Universities and Colleges (PSUCs) had reported that 1 Expanded Students Grants-in-Aid Program for Poverty Alleviation (ESGP-PA) grantee graduated as Magna Cum Laude and 23 more as Cum Laude, during today’s Regional Steering Committee Meeting for ESGP-PA CY 2017. The graduates are from continue reading : 4Ps yields 1 Magna Cum Laude and 23 Cum Laude through ESGP-PA

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VIII through the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) supports around 550, 455 children beneficiaries in Eastern Visayas Region. 4Ps is a human development program of the national government that provides conditional cash grants to the poorest of the poor, to improve the health, nutrition, and continue reading : 4Ps supports 550,455 children in EV

Ang Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VIII sa pangunguna ni Policy and Plans Division Chief Yvonne Serrano-Abonales kamakailan ay nagsagawa ng Regional Inter-Agency Committee (RIAC) Meeting cum Field Visit sa Calbayog City, kasama ang iba’t ibang ahensiya ng gobyerno at civil society organizations. Ang nasabing pagtitipon ay naglayong ibahagi ang mga continue reading : DSWD convenes 1st RIAC 2017

Calbayog City– Ang Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VIII ay nag-umpisa nang mamahagi ng karagdagang P600.00 para sa rice subsidy kada buwan. Ito ay ipamimigay sa mga benepisyaryo ng Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) simula ngayong Marso kasabay ng pagbibigay ng regular na cash grants. “Kasunod ng direktiba ni Pangulong Rodrigo continue reading : DSWD mamimigay ng Rice Subsidy sa mga 4Ps beneficiaries