JUST IN: DSWD Eastern Visayas released 163 Family Food Packs (FFPs) and 120 bottles of water today during its initial response operations for Local Government Units affected by the recent 5.8 magnitude earthquake. As of 5PM today, DSWD has released 43 FFPs to the municipality of Liloan, and 120 FFPs and 120 bottles of water to San Francisco, both in the province of Southern Leyte. Overall, the agency released P165,139.92 worth of assistance. Meanwhile, the agency continues its assessment and coordination with affected LGUs and is prepared to respond to requests for augmentation. #BawatBuhayMahalagaSaDSWD

In response to the effects brought by the 5.8 magnitude earthquake, DSWD’s Disaster Response Management Division conducted a meeting today together with the Local Government Unit of Liloan, Southern Leyte. The primary agenda is to ensure the delivery of DSWD’s commitment to provide family food packs and assorted non-food items to families affected by the earthquake in the municipality. Close coordination and monitoring are still ongoing in some areas in Southern Leyte, and staff are ready to assist as the need arises. #BawatBuhayMahalagaSaDSWD

TIGNAN: Sa Eastern Visayas Region, patuloy ang pag-update ng profile o impormasyon ng mga 4Ps household-beneficiaries sa i-Registro web portal kaugnay sa implementasyon ng First 1,000 Days (F1KD) o Expanded Health at Nutrition Grants. Ang mga active 4Ps households-beneficiaries na buntis at/o may batang 0-2 taong gulang ay kinakailangang mag-update ng kanilang impormasyon sa i-Registro web portal gamit ang mobile devices. Kinakailangan na sila ay makapag-rehistro upang sila ay makasama sa isasagawang balidasyon para makatanggap ng additional cash grants sa ilalaim ng F1KD. Ang i-Registro ay isang “self-service” at digital platform. Ito ay isa lamang sa alternatibong paraan para mabilis ang pag-update ng impormasyon ng mga benepisyaryo. Para sa mga hindi makapasok sa i-Registro web portal, maaaring makipag-ugnayan sa City/Municipal Links para makapag-update ng kanilang impormasyon gamit ang Beneficiary Updating System (BUS) Form 5. Para makapagrehistro, bisitahin lamang ang: iregistro-4ps.dswd.gov.ph. Maaari ring basahin ang karagdagang impormasyon ukol sa kinakailangang dokumento sa pag-rehistro: https://www.facebook.com/dswdeasternvisayas/posts/ pfbid02ZuwnEoJw6Pvr76oYi9x8QEB9KCiGGjZQNEYce 5dtamoZb6ok1pcpWdC3fSpeGQkDl. Ang First 1000 Days (F1KD) o Expanded Health at Nutrition Grants ay karagdagang tulong pinansyal upang suportahan ang mga 4Ps household-beneficiaries na may buntis at/o bata na hindi lalampas sa 2 taong gulang. Layunin nito na tustusan ang mga mahahalagang gastusin sa kalusugan at nutrisyon sa loob ng unang 1,000 araw o First 1,000 Days (F1KD) na itinuturing na pinaka-kritikal na yugto sa buhay ng isang bata. #BawatBuhayMahalagaSaDSWD #iRegistroAngF1KDsa4Ps credits: DSWD 4Ps ML Basey Samar Raissa Basal/ COO Catbalogan

Look: The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office-8, represented by the Assistant Regional Director for Operations Antonio Dolaota, led a consultation meeting together with the Disaster Response Management Division staff, which focused on the monitoring and assessment of the areas in Southern Leyte affected by the magnitude 5.8 earthquake. As part of the agency’s prompt delivery of services, family food packs and non-food items are prepositioned in the Regional Resource Operations Center if the need for augmentation arises. Until now, staff of the department are continuously monitoring the situation on the ground to provide immediate response to the affected Local Government Units. #BawatBuhayMahalagaSaDSWD

TINGNAN: Kasalukuyang nakikipag-ugnayan ang DSWD Field Office 8 Eastern Visayas sa mga munisipyong naapektuhan ng magnitude 5.9 na lindol kaninang umaga. Inaabot ng Disaster Response Management Division ng DSWD ang mga munisipyo upang makakuha ng kritikal na impormasyon, tulad ng bilang ng mga pamilya na possibleng naapektuhan, at bilang ng mga bahay na nasira. Samantala, may nakahandang 118,576 na Family Food Packs at 34,502 na Non-Food Relief Items sa iba’t-ibang strategic na lokasyon ang DSWD. Nakahanda itong ipamahagi ayon sa pangangailangan ng mga munisipyo na magrerequest ng augmentation. May standby fund din ang ahensya na P2,014,160.00 na maaaring gamitin para sa disaster response. Para sa relief operations sa inyong lugar, maaaring makipag-ugnayan sa lokal na pamahalaan. #BawatBuhayMahalagaSaDSWD

LOOK: The DSWD Field Office-8 Risk Resiliency Program Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation (RRP-CCAM staff) successfully conducted cash-for-work projects and site visits for Project Bamboo Plantation in different areas in Samar Province. The primary objective of the said activity is to address the climate change impacts by providing sustainable livelihood activities through the establishment of bamboo plantations in the province. This initiative will not only help combat the arising issues in the environment but will also help uplift the living standard of the agriculture sector in the community. #BawatBuhayMahalagaSaDSWD

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VIII has been working closely with partner stakeholders to ramp up the social preparation activities for the 2025 implementation of the Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program (TBTP) in Eastern Visayas. This year, the DSWD will expand the program covering Samar province and the cities of Tacloban and Ormoc in Leyte with a total target of 1,508 college students, 5,040 learners, and 5,040 parents. The program is a reformatted educational assistance for college students from low-income families who will be deployed as tutors and YDWs to conduct reading tutorials to struggling or non-reader pupils and carry out the Nanay-Tatay sessions to the parents of the learners. In return, the student-beneficiaries will receive a daily pay equivalent to the Regional Daily Minimum Wage for the 20-days learning sessions set between May 19 to June 13, 2025. Meanwhile, parents who attended the sessions with topics including effective parenting, dynamics of Filipino families, challenges in parenting, and children’s rights, among others, will receive a daily allowance of PHP235. Over the past weeks, the Regional Program Management Office (RPMO) here has been conducting a series of coordination meetings with the Department of Education and partner state universities and colleges to ensure that all social preparation activities will be done according to agreed timelines. These include the selection and crossmatching of beneficiaries, orientation to would-be tutors and YDWs, capability building activities, community assemblies, among others. In 2024, the DSWD deployed 375 tutors and YDWs from Samar State University and Northwest Samar State University serving a total of 1,981 learners and 1,977 across two cities and 19 municipalities for its pilot implementation in Samar. ### #BawatBuhayMahalagaSaDSWD#tarabasatutoringprogram#TaraBasaPH