Her name is already a household name in Sitio Banago, Brgy. Oyandic, Motiong, Western Samar. For almost two decades, the name Elena Bacaycay –Loyola is synonymous with the sweetness and luscious taste of her ‘kakanin’. At 51, nanay Elena strangely looks ten years older than her present age, her hands calloused and her skin, wrinkled. continue reading : From Kakanin to Kayang-Kaya Natin: The Sweet Story of Elena Loyola
DSWD starts FAF data entry
The Department of Social Welfare and Development through the Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) project recently started its data entry of the most recent socio-economic information gathered through the so called Family Assessment Form (FAF). Listahanan is an information management system that allows the identification of poor households eligible continue reading : DSWD starts FAF data entry
Working in the Field
Having done several field work for the department myself, I have come to wonder how the Listahanan fieldworkers are doing. “I walked kilometers, crossed a river, searched and waited long for a vehicle to take me back to the poblacion”, says Gey Quero, enumerator, Leyte cluster. These are just among the difficulties experienced by DSWD continue reading : Working in the Field
DSWD awards P500k grant to fishermen
Marabut, Western Samar, July 18, 2014 — The DSWD Field Office Eight, through Assistant Regional Director for Operations (ARDO) Resty Macuto, recently awarded a 500 thousand peso long term livelihood grant for the purchase of ten motorized bancas as a response to the needs of some Typhoon Yolanda survivors of Barangay Tinabanan of this town. continue reading : DSWD awards P500k grant to fishermen
One Small Voice, One Big Dream
Department of Social Welfare and Development Sec. Corazon ‘Dinky’ Juliano-Soliman poses with grade VI pupil Jethro Maraya, a Pantawid Pamilya beneficiary, as she pledged support for the construction of Bislig Elementary School fence and repair of remaining rooms. The pupil gave his Typhoon Yolanda testimonial in front of Sec. Dinky, World Bank Group (WBG) President, continue reading : One Small Voice, One Big Dream
DSWD Sec introduces World Bank to Palo pupils
DSWD Sec Dinky Soliman, WBG President Jim Yon Kim, Netherlands Foreign Trade and Dev’t Cooperation Minister Ploumen and party visit the Kalahi CIDDS- National Community-Driven Development Program (NCDDP) built school in Bislig, Tanauan Leyte. They also went into a Grade IV classroom where Sec Dinky asked the graders whether they knew what the World Bank was continue reading : DSWD Sec introduces World Bank to Palo pupils
DSWD Sec Dinky and foreign guests connect to Pantawid beneficiaries
Palo Mayor Matin Petilla (3rd from left), Netherlands Minister Ploumen, WB President JYK and Leyte Gov. Dominic Petilla as DSWD Secretary Dinky Soliman requested for Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program beneficiaries for storyteller – volunteers to share their personal Yolanda/Haiyan stories. During this particular forum when WBG Pres. Kim was asked to speak, he solicited opinions from continue reading : DSWD Sec Dinky and foreign guests connect to Pantawid beneficiaries