She has been a Day Care Worker for 12 years in barangay Lupoc of Guiuan, Eastern Samar, receiving a meager income from an honorarium of Php1,750, plus the cash grant from the conditional cash transfer program. Even with the devastation brought by super typhoon Yolanda into their home, Vilma Daganzo still sees a bright future for her family. “Kaya natin ito; kaya natin ang pagbabago !, she says. The Estehanon … Click here to read more...
The new normal hero
Heroism has always been branded with masculinity. Oftentimes, the hero is crafted in our imagination as a charmer, a knight in shining armor, or a mysterious lad in tight colored costumes and capes ready to rescue a damsel in distress. But not anymore, because there is one hero I have met who does not fit into our collective macho illusion of a hero.
Meet Marites
Marites in her forties is … Click here to read more...
Hopefully, no more families living in tents
Tacloban City- DSWD Sec. Dinky Soliman Friday, October 31 visits Brgy. 88, 89, 90 in Tacloban City, and engages in a dialogue with barangay officials on the continuous movement of around 300 remaining families in tents, to transitional shelters. By November 8, the remaining 138 families living in tents at Barangay 88 will be “zeroed” as they will be transferred to vacant bunkhouses which were previously occupied by those who … Click here to read more...
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 ko pala kahit wala akong pinag-aralan. Kaya ko pala ang magbago.”
[For me , KALAHI
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