The DSWD Field Office VIII Promotive Services Division, led by OIC Chief Natividad Sequito, has started conducting visits and orientations to Sub-Field Offices (SFOs) to tighten coordination and alignment in implementing Promotive programs like Kapit-Bisig Laban Sa Kahirapan –Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) and Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) in the provinces.

Topics include the Mandanas ruling and Promotive Division Updates and Status. The highlight of the Mandanas … Click here to read more...

BALIKAN natin ang naiabot na tulong ng Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) sa pamamagitan ng Kalahi-CIDSS program sa taong 2020 upang tugunan ang sosyo-ekonomikong epekto na dala ng COVID-19 sa mga mahihirap na pamayanan sa Eastern Visayas.

Mayroong 244 proyekto ang sama-samang naipatayo at natapos ng komunidad at mga lokal na pamunuan sa taong 2020. Kasama na rito ang 105 isolation o quarantine facilities, 108 disaster response & … Click here to read more...

SAINT BERNARD, Southern Leyte- Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) turned over to this municipality, a barangay road with drainage canal, at Barangay Tambis I.

The PhP 1.8 Million project, funded under the Kapangyarihan at Kaunlaran sa Barangay (KKB), of the DSWD Kalahi-CIDSS program, will benefit 217 households.

Mayor Manuel Calapre in his message extended his gratitude towards DSWD for its continuous assistance in “improved access to services to … Click here to read more...

Pitong oras na byahe mula sa Tacloban City, matatagpuan ang munisipyo ng Laoang sa Northern Samar. Napapaligiran ito ng karagatan – ang Philippine Sea sa hilaga, at ang Dagat Pasipiko sa silangan, at maari lang itong maabot sa pamamagitan ng pagsakay ng mga maliliit na bangka.

Noong nakaraang buwan, isa ang Laoang sa mga naapektuhan ng bagyong Bising. Bilang pagresponde sa pangangailangan ng munisipyo, nagpadala na ang DSWD Eastern Visayas … Click here to read more...

Ang DSWD Eastern Visayas ay tumanggap kamakailan ng 9,125 na reusable facemasks sa isang turnover ceremony na dinaluhan nina DSWD Regional Director Grace Subong at TESDA Regional Director Gamaliel Vicente. 

Ang mga facemasks na ito ay may tatlong patong at maaring labhan. Gawa ito sa mga tela at materyales na inirekomenda ng Philippine Textile Research Institute (PTRI) at ng Department of Health (DOH). Lahat ng ito ay ginawa ng mga … Click here to read more...

For Pagbabangnan residents of San Julian town in Eastern Samar, the improvement of an access road will pave the way to a better and comfortable life. It would mean greater opportunities for education, health facilities, disaster-response programs and other services, and socio-economic development.

This was testified by community volunteer Ben Casaba during the turn-over ceremony, “With the access road, it will now become easier for us to go to our … Click here to read more...