DSWD FO Eight gears up KC-NCDDP community workers

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Tacloban City, September 22, 2014 — Three hundred forty-one community workers of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive Integrated Delivery of Social Services–National Community Driven-Development Program (KALAHI CIDSS–NCDDP) Field Office Eight attended this week the first of a series of NCDDP roll-out trainings for Area Coordinating Teams (ACTs). The said five-day training started September 19 and ended Tuesday, September 23, 2014.

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Kaya ko ang pagbabago!

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“Malaki ang pasasalamat namin sa KALAHI CIDSS at PAMANA. Dahil sa ganitong programa ng DSWD, makakatulog na kami ng mahimbing. Hindi na kami mag-aalala sa mga anak namin. Hindi na kami matatakot sa landslide dahil may bagong brgy. site na kami. Ang Brgy. New Hibaca-an ay may bago ng pag-asa dahil sa KC-PAMANA. Kaya pala namin ang pagbabago!”

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63 MSWDOs of TS Yolanda hard – hit areas readied for ESA

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The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Eight, headed by Regional Director Nestor Ramos, recently called on all City and Municipal Social Welfare and Development Officers of 63 hard – hit areas of super typhoon Yolanda in a one – day orientation and planning workshop on the Department’s Emergency Shelter Assistance (ESA) Program. Such move is for local social workers to better understand the scope of the … Click here to read more...

She says “KALAHI CIDSS-NCDDP changes lives”

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“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 barangay. Kaya ko pala kahit wala akong pinag-aralan. Kaya ko pala ang magbago.” 

 
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Pantawid Pamilya helps her through college

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Junalyn Palco, 22 years old, ESGP-PA scholar who just graduated at Visayas State University in Baybay, with the degree of Bachelor in Science in Agribusiness shares her story of how the said scholarship program has saved her dream.

“Pangarap ko talagang makapagtapos ng pag-aaral dahil naniniwala akong magiging paulit-ulit lang ang kahirapan kung walang miyembro ng pamilya ang magsisikap na makatapos ng pagaaral para umangat sa buhay at magkaroon ng … Click here to read more...

VSU scholars oriented on ESGP-PA

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Some 310 new Pantawid Pamilya scholars under the Expanded Students’ Grants-in-aid Program for Poverty Alleviation (ESGP-PA), together with their parents, attend the program orientation last August 28, 2014, at Visayas State University Convention Center (VSU).

ESGP-PA aims to break the cruel poverty cycle afflicting the poor but completely deserving Filipino youth and their families, by increasing the number of graduates in higher education and getting them employed in high-value added … Click here to read more...

KC-NCDDP to develop GAD champions

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The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VIII through the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services – National Community-Driven Development Program (KALAHI CIDSS–NCDDP) is currently conducting a three-day training for Barangay GAD (Gender and Development) volunteers cum Assessment of Gender Mainstreaming on KALAHI CIDSS-NCDDP in Eastern Visayas. The activity started on August 27 and will end on September 1, 2014 at Ciriaco … Click here to read more...