The family of the late Jenia Lim, DSWD Administrative Assistant II, receives the “Parangal sa Lingkod Bayani” award from the Civil Service Commission (CSC) during the recent 1st Congress on Fortifying Service Excellence and Fighting Corruption awarding ceremony at the Bureau of Internal Revenue Function Hall, Government Center, Palo, Leyte.
Lim lost her life on November 8, 2013, in pursuit of her functions as a worker in the field of … Click here to read more...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development ensures all delivery of rice and family food packs to affected families in Eastern Samar for relief distribution today.
Nine wing vans and five military trucks containing 5000 family food packs (ffp) for Borongan, 1440 ffp for Llorente, 960 ffp for Quinapondan, 400 sacks of 50kg rice to Arteche, 350 rice sacks for Dolores, 350 for Jipapad, 400 sacks for Oras, San Julian, … Click here to read more...
November 7, 2014 —- Guiuan Town Plaza, Guiuan Eastern Samar. DSWD Secretary Corazon Juliano Soliman with Regional Director (RD) Nestor Ramos and Assistant Regional Director (ARDO) Restituto Macuto, after dinner with DSWD officers and staff, went to the town’s plaza and attended the Guiuan Solidarity night, a night to commemorate the 1st year anniversary of Typhoon Yolanda’s first landfall and to pray for the souls that perished the day Yolanda/Haiyan … Click here to read more...
She has been a Day Care Worker for 12 years in barangay Lupoc of Guiuan, Eastern Samar, receiving a meager income from an honorarium of Php1,750, plus the cash grant from the conditional cash transfer program. Even with the devastation brought by super typhoon Yolanda into their home, Vilma Daganzo still sees a bright future for her family. “Kaya natin ito; kaya natin ang pagbabago !, she says. The Estehanon … Click here to read more...
Heroism has always been branded with masculinity. Oftentimes, the hero is crafted in our imagination as a charmer, a knight in shining armor, or a mysterious lad in tight colored costumes and capes ready to rescue a damsel in distress. But not anymore, because there is one hero I have met who does not fit into our collective macho illusion of a hero.
Meet Marites
Marites in her forties is … Click here to read more...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development through its Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services–National Community Driven-Development Program (KALAHI CIDSS–NCDDP) Field Office Eight is calling for nominations for the 1st bayanI Ka! Awards in recognition of the work done by program supporters – community volunteers, local government units, civil society organizations, and Area and Municipal Coordinating Teams for their active role in promoting CDD … Click here to read more...