JR, a 21-year-old Barangay Sub-Project Management Committee Chair of Guindapunan, Javier confidently provides technical details of their Kalahi-CIDSS rehab project to National Program Manager Chi Redaja during her recent visit in Leyte last week. Said rehabilitation project, which is funded by Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction (JFPR), is a repair of Level II Gravity Fed continue reading : Kalahi-CIDSS rehabs water system, empowers youth
DSWD official spokesperson urges public to support Listahanan
In making the rounds of Region Eight, specifically Samar, DSWD Assistant Secretary Javier Jimenez (the Department’s official spokesperson) early this week called on the people to support the Listahanan, saying, “huwag niyong takbuhan ang nag-susurvey !” (Do not run away away from those who are doing the enumeration!) The project makes available to all social continue reading : DSWD official spokesperson urges public to support Listahanan
ESA is a good program – Mayor Lumen
Mayor Lesmes Lumen of La Paz in Leyte commented recently that the DSWD’s Emergency Shelter Assistance (ESA) program is a good one and that the procedure involved was rather tedious. He made said announcement during the second “Hisgot ha Otso” monthly media gathering of the DSWD Field Office Eight last July 20, 2015 in La continue reading : ESA is a good program – Mayor Lumen
Senior citizens lead water and sanitation association in Samar town
“Ang tubig ay para sa lahat, lalo na sa mahihirap.” Mano Pomping Dacanay, 71, believes that every single drop of water is for everyone, especially the poor. This is the main reason why he and the community folks of Brgy. New Minarog, Motiong, Samar decided to choose the Construction of Level-II Gravity Fed Water Supply continue reading : Senior citizens lead water and sanitation association in Samar town
JFPR-funded KALAHI-CIDSS project in Tanauan, Leyte
Philippine Socioeconomic Planning Secretary and NEDA Director General Arsenio Balisacan visited Typhoon Yolanda rehabilitation projects in Leyte which inluded ADB-JFPR supported projects in Brgy Bislig, Leyte. ADB-JFPR, through DSWD and Plan International, is implementing the following projects in Brgy Bislig: rehabilitation of 11 classrooms in Bislig Elementary School; livelihood projects through cash-for work activities, out-of-school continue reading : JFPR-funded KALAHI-CIDSS project in Tanauan, Leyte
DSWD F08 lauds Pantawid Pamilya grads
DSWD Field Office VIII celebrates the high school graduation of around 1,983 Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries from the province of Northern Samar, 931 of whom are achievers in their respective schools, June 11, 2015 at the Catarman Gymnasium.
Kalahi-CIDSS – PAMANA rehabilitate water supply in Silvino Lubos, N. Samar
Water is no longer a luxury. Through Kalahi-CIDSS and PAMANA’s Rehabilitation of Water Supply system project in the community, Margie and the rest of the families in Brgy. San Isidro, Silvino Lubos, Northern Samar no longer struggle and fight just to get a bucket of water.