“Ang KALAHI CIDSS-NCDDP para sa akin ay hindi lang sa infra, hindi lang sa proyekto. HIndi lang mga kalsada, tulay o school building ang tinatayo ng programang ito. Pati kaming mga ‘tao’, naitayo uli kami sa aming mga paa. Ngayon marunong na kaming magdesisyon hindi lamang sa aming sarili maging para sa brgy. Kaya ko pala kahit wala akong pinag-aralan. Kaya ko pala ang magbago.”
Tacloban City – A total of 1,451 field staff hired by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) are now ready for deployment across Eastern Visayas for the roll-out of the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services – National Community-Driven Development Program (KALAHI CIDSS –NCDDP).
Since the rapid start-up of NCDDP is a response to the rehabilitation efforts on Yolanda-affected areas along with … Click here to read more...
In photo, DSWD Assistant Secretary for Protective Programs, Vilma Cabrera, says “we are just waiting for the official approval of the Office of the Presidential Assistant for Recovery and Rehabilitation (OPARR) Comprehensive Rehabilitation Plan for Yolanda,” referring to the Emergency Shelter Assistance (ESA) program for Yolanda victims, during a consultation dialogue with national government agencies and humanitarian groups held this week in Tacloban City. She clarified that the DSWD originally … Click here to read more...
In photo, DSWD Assistant Secretary for Protective Programs, Vilma Cabrera, says “we are just waiting for the official approval of the Office of the Presidential Assistant for Recovery and Rehabilitation (OPARR) Comprehensive Rehabilitation Plan for Yolanda,” referring to the Emergency Shelter Assistance (ESA) program for Yolanda victims, during a consultation dialogue with national government agencies and humanitarian groups held this week in Tacloban City. She clarified that the DSWD originally … Click here to read more...
Concon Family: An Idol in the New Normal
Times have changed and become tougher these days with all sorts of challenges, making it so difficult to maintain ties even among families as one movie quote goes faction before blood. Yet in a northern barangay of the municipality of Macarthur, Leyte, lives the family of Jaime Concon who is an inspiration to the community for being able to keep his family … Click here to read more...
She dreamt of becoming a mother when she was just a young girl. For Juliana Calomot, it is every woman’s dream to carry a little soul inside her womb; that maternal instinct to nurture and care. This was the same reason why she married Jovito when she was just nineteen. Right after their wedding, she already planned their family and the number of chuckling kids she wanted to see playing … Click here to read more...