“Isang araw maka-aangat din kami sa buhay,” expressed Arnel Sumaylo, 20 years old, from 
Sitio Matabawan, Cantuhaon, Palompon, Leyte.
Arnel concluded his degree on Bachelor of Secondary Education Major in English at Palompon Institute of Technology as Cum Laude last March 20, 2018.
He is one of the around 1,001 Expanded Students Grant-in-Aide Program for Poverty Alleviation (ESGP-PA) grantees in Eastern Visayas who graduated as of April 1, 2018.
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Four years after super typhoon Yolanda, the Reception and Study Center for Children (RSCC) at Pawing in Palo, Leyte is far more better and safer to live. The international community had come into the picture to shower blessings of the once devastated temporary home for neglected, surrendered, abused, abandoned and orphaned children who are six years old and below. Nida Jusay, Center Head, revealed that the DSWD institution is now … Click here to read more...
Yesterday, May 7, 138 elderly citizens confined inside the Maximum Security Compound of the Leyte Regional Prison in Cagbulo, Abuyog, Leyte received their grants on Social Pension from the DSWD Field Office VIII. This is the second time they were awarded; the first one was for the period covering the last quarter of 2017. The latest pay-out covers the first six months of the current year, thus totaling to three … Click here to read more...
t is now three weeks since a team from the DSWD started its validation of poor households in the region. This was disclosed by Carol Gerilla, head of the Planning Unit of the DSWD Field Office VIII during the latest episode of the agency’s “Kasugong ha Pagtindog” radio program over DYVL-AM station, held every Friday, from 9 : 30 a.m. to 10 : 30 a.m.
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The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Kalahi-CIDSS (Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services) program will pilot various Community-Driven Development (CDD) Thematic implementation in twenty-three municipalities in Eastern Visayas, this year.
Said initiative aims to develop a new application of CDD approach by addressing relevant issues currently faced by communities in the region. The new Kalahi-CIDSS engagement will also be an avenue to determine … Click here to read more...
History tells that subordination of women remains to be the basis of their exclusion in the development sphere. But today, it is only an empowering sight to see women give their unparalleled power for the community’s growth through DSWD’s Kalahi-CIDSS program.
In Barangay Tubig Guinoo, Kawayan, Biliran, a group of women pioneered collective action in order to resolve their most pressing needs.
Women and Water in Tubig Guinoo
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A total of 58 municipalities from Eastern Visayas will be selected for the implementation of Kalahi-CIDSS’ (Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services) MAKILAHOK Project this year.
MAKILAHOK also known as Participatory Local Governance: Barangay Development Planning and Management Capacity Enhancement Initiative is a project to be implemented under the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s empowerment program in collaboration with DILG (Department of Interior and … Click here to read more...