Tacloban City, Leyte (February 6, 2014) – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Field Office VIII and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) led today the transfer  of some 50 families from Barangay Baloc 1 who were left homeless by Typhoon Yolanda to their temporary houses  at the Motocross also in this city. This continue reading : ‘Yolanda’ survivors start moving to bunkhouses

Manila (February 5, 2014) – Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Representative to the Philippines Angela Kearney signed yesterday a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the implementation of the Emergency Unconditional Cash Transfer for vulnerable households affected by Typhoon Yolanda in Eastern Visayas.Under the continue reading : 10,000 ‘Yolanda’ survivors in E. Visayas to receive cash grants

Manila (January 24, 2014) – An inter-agency group led by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has offered a package of services to Typhoon Yolanda survivors who temporarily sought refuge in Metro Manila and nearby provinces but are now ready to go back to their respective hometowns in Eastern Visayas. Dubbed “Balik sa continue reading : DSWD leads ‘Balik sa Bayan’ program for ‘Yolanda’ evacuees

Tacloban City, Leyte (January 24, 2014) – Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman showed and briefed United States Senator Marco Rubio on the various phases of disaster and warehouse operations in the DSWD Relief Hub during his visit to this city on Wednesday. Sec. Soliman said that as of January 22, continue reading : Sec. Soliman tours US Sen. Rubio around DSWD relief hub

Some  15,188 survivors of Typhoon Yolanda from Eastern Visayas benefited from the Cash-for-Work (CFW) Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) that started on November 24 and is still on-going. DSWD Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman said, “The CFW program is part of our early recovery efforts to introduce normalcy to affected families in continue reading : Over 15,000 ‘Yolanda’ survivors avail of DSWD’s cash-for-work

Tanauan, Leyte (January 9, 2014) – This was the statement of Rowena Burines, a Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program beneficiary during the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) joint press conference for the DSWD-WFP cash assistance pay-out held in this municipality last January 8, 2014. The DSWD continue reading : “Tuloy ang buhay, tuloy ang pangarap”