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 continue reading : DSWD FO Eight gears up KC-NCDDP community workers
Kaya ko ang pagbabago!
“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 continue reading : Kaya ko ang pagbabago!
63 MSWDOs of TS Yolanda hard – hit areas readied for ESA
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) continue reading : 63 MSWDOs of TS Yolanda hard – hit areas readied for ESA
She says “KALAHI CIDSS-NCDDP changes lives”
“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 continue reading : She says “KALAHI CIDSS-NCDDP changes lives”
Pantawid Pamilya helps her through college
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 continue reading : Pantawid Pamilya helps her through college
VSU scholars oriented on ESGP-PA
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 continue reading : VSU scholars oriented on ESGP-PA
KC-NCDDP to develop GAD champions
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. continue reading : KC-NCDDP to develop GAD champions