DSWD Field Office 8 provides updates on the agency’s disaster response to tropical storm Kristine

Now Happening: DSWD Field Office 8 Regional Director Grace Subong provides updates on the agency’s disaster response to tropical storm Kristine at the Kapihan Sa Bagong Pilipinas Conference.

The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) hosted the said conference, with Regional Director Arnel Agabe from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Regional Director Lord Byron Torrecarion, Technical Support Consultant Jonathan Calvara from the OCD, and Director Subong providing … Click here to read more...

Long live the Queen!

She is smart.
She is beautiful.
She is strong.
She is a beauty queen.
She is a member of the Indigenous Peoples (IP) community
She is a Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiary.

At only 12 years old, Ashley Sagsag has been winning hearts, breaking stereotypes, and making history by being the first member of the IP community in Saint Bernard, Southern Leyte to join the Ms. SciMath 2024 beauty … Click here to read more...

DSWD Tara, Basa! benefits 4.3K individuals in Samar Province

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has served a total of 4,333 individuals during its pilot implementation of Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program in Samar Province.

This includes 1,981 struggling to read or non-reader incoming Grade 2 pupils, 1,977 parents and guardians of the identified learners, and 350 college students from low income families.

During the simultaneous rollout in six expansion areas across the country, qualified students from selected … Click here to read more...