DSWD Eastern Visayas Joins DepEd’s 2022 Oplan Balik Eskwela Convergence Meeting and Press Conference

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Eastern Visayas joined the Interagency Convergence Meeting and Press Conference spearheaded by the Department of Education (DepED) Region VIII in line with the joint Brigada Eskwela and Oplan Balik Eskwela 2022 at DepEd RELC NEAO Training Hall I, last August 12, 2022.

DSWD Regional Director Grace Subong shared the agency’s pledge of taking part in the inclusive goal of promoting the … Click here to read more...

LOOK: DSWD Eastern Visayas – Quick Response Team has Distributed Food and Non Food Items to the Affected Family of a fire Incident in Dagami, Leyte.

LOOK: DSWD Eastern Visayas – Quick Response Team has distributed Food and Non Food Items to the affected family of a fire incident in Dagami, Leyte.

The affected family received three family food packs and one piece each of hygiene kit, family kit, sleeping kit and kitchen kit.

Per report of Dagami Fire Station, the fire incident occurred in Barangay Cabariwan, Dagami, Leyte at 08:10 PM on July 27, 2022 … Click here to read more...

LOOK: In line with the Celebration of the National Disaster Resilience Month, DSWD Eastern Visayas Conducted a Three-day Workshop on Humanitarian Supply Chain Management Course

LOOK: In line with the celebration of the National Disaster Resilience Month, DSWD Eastern Visayas conducted a three-day workshop on Humanitarian Supply Chain Management Course at Eastern Visayas State University Main Campus, Tacloban City last July 26-28, 2022.

Participants completed a total of 14 modules which include Disaster Response Context and Legal Framework; and Management of Procurement, Production, Transport and Distribution, among others.

Humanitarian Supply Chain Management are activities on … Click here to read more...

DSWD Otso Joins 44th National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week celebration

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VIII, through its Persons with Disability (PWD) Program, extended full support to the recent celebration of the 44th National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation (NDPR) Week through various activities to create public awareness and promote the rights of the PWDs in education, employment, and livelihood.

This is for the improvement of their economic condition and further enhance their integration into the … Click here to read more...

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VIII Recently Awarded a Centenarian Cash Gift Amounting to Php 100,000.00

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VIII recently awarded a centenarian cash gift amounting to Php 100,000.00 to Lola Felisa, in Silago, Southern Leyte.

DSWD represented by Menchie Homeres, a Centenarian program staff, personally delivered the incentive to the house of Lola Felisa. Meanwhile, Local Government Unit (LGU) Silago, headed by Municipal Mayor Lemuel P.Mayor, also witnessed the awarding activity.

Further, LGU awarded another Php 100,000.00 … Click here to read more...

DSWD FO8 Joins National Nutrition Month Celebration

DSWD Eastern Visayas’ Supplementary Feeding Program (SFP) in collaboration with the Human Resource Welfare Section (HRWS), Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP), Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), and Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP), spearheaded a culminating program for the National Nutrition Month Celebration last July 25, 2022.

Anchored on the theme, “New normal na nutrisyon, sama-samang gawan ng solusyon!”, this year’s celebration calls for a strengthened nutrition interventions and solidarity … Click here to read more...