The Regional Juvenile Justice and Welfare Council 8 (RJJWC) and the Local Government Unit of Catbalogan City, Samar have participated in the Training of Trainers (TOT) on the Formulation of Comprehensive Barangay Juvenile Intervention Program (CBJIP) at Mansion Garden Hotel, Subic, Zambales on July 11-15, 2022.

The JJWC and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) spearheaded said training to capacitate the participants on the Comprehensive Local Juvenile Intervention Program (CLJIP) using … Click here to read more...

The DSWD Eastern Visayas together with its partners, PNP, BFP and DPWH joined the ocular inspection at the relocation site in Brgy. Maganhan, as spearheaded by the Department of National Defense on the turnover of temporary shelter for typhoon Agaton affected families of Brgy. Kantagnos, Baybay City, Leyte.

There were also distributions of Family Food Packs (FFPs) and cash assistance distributed by the DSWD Regional Director herself, Grace Q. Subong … Click here to read more...

The DSWD Field Office VIII through its Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Division recently coordinated with the World Food Program and European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations at the Regional Resource Operation Center, Palo, Leyte.

This activity steered towards possible augmentation to the agency’s disaster response operation, especially when it comes to logistic requirements, data management, and development of the capacities of our workers or responders, for it to … Click here to read more...

LOOK: DSWD Eastern Visayas has distributed Family Food Packs (FFPs) and cash assistance to the 19 families affected by the fire incident in Catbalogan City, Samar.

Each family has received FFP and 10K cash assistance for those who have totally damaged house and 5K for partially damaged house through the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS).

According to the report of the Bureau of Fire Protection, the fire incident … Click here to read more...

LOOK: Prepositioned Family Food Packs (FFPs) and Non-Food Items (NFIs) in strategic locations across Eastern Visayas.

As of this posting, there is a total of 20,089 prepositioned FFPs. Of this number, 850 FFPs are in Catbalogan City, Samar; 100 in Naval, Biliran; 4,121 in Allen, Northern Samar, 600 in Borongan City, Eastern Samar; and 14,418 in RROC, Palo, Leyte.

For NFIs, 200 hygiene kits are in Borongan City, Eastern Samar; … Click here to read more...

TINGNAN: Sari-saring gulay ang nakatanim sa paligid ng Regional Resource Operation Center sa Brgy. Pawing, Palo, Leyte.

Ito ay bahagi ng inilunsad na gulayan noong Mayo 15, 2022 na magsisilbing mapagkukunan ng mga preskong gulay para sa mga mangagagawa ng RROC at mga volunteers tuwing disaster operation. Kalaunan, pwede rin itong maibigay bilang relief goods sa mga pinakaapektadong pamilya ng sakuna.

Sa kasalukuyan nakapagtanim na ng iba’t ibang uri ng … Click here to read more...

Fifteen Children in Conflict with the Law (CICL) finished Senior High School (SHS) at the Regional Rehabilitation Center for the Youth (RRCY) in Tanauan, Leyte on Sunday.

The class valedictorian encouraged his fellow SHS graduates, “Umahon tayo at hubugin ang saril ng magagandang asal at kaalaman. Pagkakataon nating patunayan na ang inaakala nilang salot sa lipunan ay pagasa pa la ng ating bayan at hindi dumi ng pamayanan.”

The first … Click here to read more...