The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office VIII (DSWD FO VIII), through its Disaster Response Management Division (DRMD), capacitated 52 Child Development Workers (CDWs) and Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office (MSWDO) staff through a three-day orientation on the Comprehensive Emergency Program for Children (CEPC) held on December 1–3 in Bato, Leyte.

The orientation aimed to enhance participants’ knowledge and skills in safeguarding children before, during, and after … Click here to read more...

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VIII earned the Vanguard Award after placing first in the DICT Region 8 Cyber Range Exercises 2025, held at Madison Park Hotel, Tacloban City on December 2, 2025

The activity brought together participants from various National Government Agencies across Eastern Visayas for a cybersecurity simulation aimed at strengthening skills in threat detection, log analysis, and incident response.

Representing DSWD Field … Click here to read more...

Field Project Development Officers (PDOs) from various regions across the Philippines convened in Eastern Visayas for the National Field Implementation Check, with the province of Samar serving as the first assessment area. The visit aimed to strengthen the implementation of the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) by identifying progress, challenges, and opportunities for improvement across community-based livelihood initiatives.

In Basey, Samar, the team engaged with long-standing SLP enterprises, including Lilia’s Food … Click here to read more...

Patuloy na isinasagawa ng Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 8 ang payout ng Emergency Cash Transfer (ECT) para sa mga pamilyang naapektuhan ng Bagyong Opong sa probinsya ng Samar.

Sa Calbayog City, matagumpay na naipaabot ng mga Angels in Red Vests ang kabuuang ₱510,842 sa 82 benepisyaryo na naiulat ng lokal na pamahalaan na may partially at totally damaged houses.

Samantala, sa Sta. Margarita, 5 benepisyaryo … Click here to read more...

Matagumpay na isinagawa ngayong ika-3 ng Disyembre 2025, araw ng Miyerkules, ang Tara, Basa Tutoring Program (TBTP) Orientation to Interested Applicants for Tutors and Youth Development (YDWs) sa Visayas State University (VSU) Main Campus, Baybay City.

Ito ay kasunod sa patuloy na paghahanda para sa pagpapalawak ng implementasyon ng programa sa Baybay City, bilang expansion area para sa susunod na taong 2026.

Humigit-kumulang 500 na mga estudyante ng VSU Baybay … Click here to read more...

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VIII participated in the National Planning for the Risk Resiliency Program–Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation (RRP-CCAM) in Malay, Aklan.

During the activity, Regional Director Grace Subong presented the Field Office’s financial and physical accomplishments in the implementation of the Project Local Adaptation to Water Access and Breaking Insufficiency through Nutritious Harvest for the Impoverished (Project LAWA at BINHI) in … Click here to read more...

The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office VIII, through the National Household Targeting Section (NHTS), conducted an orientation and on-site technical assistance on the BBM Serbisyo (Basta Beripikado, Mabilis ang Serbisyo) web-application for Social Pension (SocPen) beneficiaries in Tunga, Leyte and San Ricardo, Southern Leyte.

The activity was conducted alongside the Social Pension payout, allowing the NHTS team to assist beneficiaries directly in using the BBM Serbisyo web-application. … Click here to read more...