DSWD FO-8, nagbigay ng agarang tulong sa mga nasunugan sa Tacloban City

Agad na nagpaabot ng tulong ang Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 8 (DSWD FO-8) sa mga pamilyang naapektuhan ng sunog noong Pebrero 17 (Lunes) sa Brgy. 39, Calvary Hill, Tacloban City.

Nagbigay ang ahensya ng P10,000 sa bawat pamilyang may totally damaged house at P5,000 naman sa mga may partially damaged house, sharer, o boarder. Kasabay nito, naipamahagi rin ang relief items na binubuo ng 292 family … Click here to read more...

DSWD Naghahanda para sa 1st Quarter National Simultaneous Earthquake Drill

Bilang tugon sa banta ng lindol, nagpulong ang ahensya sa pangunguna ng Disaster Response Management Division (DRMD) upang paigtingin ang kahandaan at kaalaman ng publiko hinggil sa pagtama ng anumang posibleng lindol.

Binigyang tuon sa pagpupulong ang kahalagahan ng paghahanda upang mailigtas ang mas maraming buhay at mabilis na makapagbigay-tugon sa mga pangangailangan ng mga komunidad.

Kasama sa nasabing pagpupulong ang mga hakbang na dapat isagawa, kung saan hinahasa ang … Click here to read more...

DSWD Field Office 8 provides technical assistance on AGAPP, FACED and MCC use

The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office-8, through its Disaster Response Management Division, provides technical assistance on Advanced Data Gathering for Assistance Preparedness for Protection (AGAPP) mobile application, Family Access Card in Emergencies and Disasters (FACED), and the use of Mobile Command Center (MCC) to the MAT Leaders and Local Government Units in the Province of Eastern Samar.

The primary objective of the said activity is to give … Click here to read more...

DSWD Field Office 8 continues to conduct Project LAWA at BINHI consultation and orientation meetings

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 8 continues to conduct Project LAWA at BINHI consultation and orientation meetings in municipalities across Eastern Visayas to strengthen community resilience against climate change.

On February 17-18, technical staff from the Risk Resiliency Program for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation (RRP-CCAM) visited Libagon, Southern Leyte; Sta. Margarita, Samar; Salcedo and Quinapondan, Eastern Samar; and Lope De Vega, Northern Samar to … Click here to read more...

The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 8 prepositions family food packs for Maslog

The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office-8, through its Disaster Response Management Division, loads 633 family food packs for prepositioning to the Local Government Unit of Maslog, Eastern Samar.

The prepositioning of goods is one of the agency’s methods to intensify disaster preparedness measures and provide immediate response to every LGU in any type of disaster that may strike us.

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NHTO pays courtesy visit to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VIII

The National Household Targeting Office (NHTO) paid a courtesy visit to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VIII today, February 17.

Project Development Officer-IV (PDO-IV), Arianne Rose Agustin led the visit together with Marc Laurenz B. Balmeo, PDO-III, John Dale G. Bulusan ISA-II, and Mark Adrian M. Dapula ITO-I. DSWD FO8 Assistant Regional Director for Operations (ARDO), Antonio R. Dolaota welcomed the team, along with DC … Click here to read more...