LOOK: The DSWD Field Office-8 Risk Resiliency Program Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation (RRP-CCAM staff) successfully conducted cash-for-work projects and site visits for Project Bamboo Plantation in different areas in Samar Province.

The primary objective of the said activity is to address the climate change impacts by providing sustainable livelihood activities through the establishment of bamboo plantations in the province.

This initiative will not only help combat the arising issues … Click here to read more...

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VIII has been working closely with partner stakeholders to ramp up the social preparation activities for the 2025 implementation of the Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program (TBTP) in Eastern Visayas.

This year, the DSWD will expand the program covering Samar province and the cities of Tacloban and Ormoc in Leyte with a total target of 1,508 college students, 5,040 learners, and … Click here to read more...

LOOK: 86 Pantawid beneficiaries from Limasawa, Southern Leyte received wages under DOLE’s Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) program during the payout on January 13, 2025, at the town’s Municipal Covered Court.

These Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries spent 10 days cleaning or sweeping the streets in their respective barangays. Each beneficiary received ₱ 4050 each which immensely helped augment their daily needs. Arlene Batalon, 4Ps grantee who … Click here to read more...

TINGNAN: Patuloy ang isinasagawang loading ng family food packs ng DSWD Field Office-8 bilang prepositioning at paghahanda sa mga possibleng sakuna.

Sa ngayon, aabot sa kabuuang 6,400 ang nadiskarga ng ahensya sa lokal na pamahalaan ng:

Oras, Eastern Samar – 1,700

Hernani, Eastern Samar – 1,700

Abuyog, Leyte – 3,000

Ang prepositioning of goods ay isa sa mga pamamaaraan ng ahensya upang paigtingin ang disaster preparedness measures at upang agarang … Click here to read more...

Matagumpay na isinagawa ng National Household Targeting Section (NHTS) kasama ang Pantawid Regional Program Monitoring Office (RPMO) ang orientasion tungkol sa 4Ps F1KD (First 1,000 Days) gamit ang i-Registro para sa lahat ng City/Municipal Links sa Rehiyon 8.

Ibinahagi nina Leizel B. Astorga, Project Development Officer-IV (PDO-IV) at Head ng NHTS ang komprehensibong ideya tungkol sa i-Registro at ni Darryl Joseph A. Bagares, Information Technology Officer-II (ITO-II) ng NHTS ang … Click here to read more...

LOOK: The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office-8, through its Risk Resiliency Program Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation (RRP-CCAM), conducted a simultaneous orientation of PROJECT LAWA AT BINHI (Local Adaptation to Water Access and Breaking Insufficiency through Nutritious Harvest for the Impoverished) for 10 Local Government Units in the Province of Samar.

A total of 3,288 partner-beneficiaries coming from the municipalities of Calbayog City, Matuguinao, Gandara, San Jorge, … Click here to read more...

BASAHIN: “Pagpapaunlad ng komunidad, ito ang pangunahing layunin ng KALAHI, hindi lang ang (physical) project kaya sayang kung hindi ma-sustain. By February, magkakaroon tayo ng CSA Assembly o Forum. Lahat ng mga O&M (members) sa KALAHI-CIDSS ay aming iimbitahan para sa activity na ito. This is how we would like to sustain. Our office is now drafting the CDD Ordinance. It is not a resolution kasi ang resolution ay may … Click here to read more...