The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 8 recently deployed Community Engagement Coordinators (CECs) from the Walang Gutom Program (WGP) to retrieve local market prices to help WGP Partner Merchants set fair and competitive prices.

Surveying three key markets in three selected municipalities per province, the collected data ensures that distributed goods remain within prevailing regional prices.

This crucial effort, conducted every 4th and 18th of the month, … Click here to read more...

Over 200 DSWD Registered Social Workers convened for the first-ever Social Workers’ Development Conference in the region at the Leyte Academic Center, Palo, Leyte.

The activity was initiated by the DSWD Field Office 8 through its Association of the DSWD Social Workers Inc. (ADSWI) presided by Division Chief Paula Unay, in celebration of the International Social Work Week anchored on the theme, “Strengthening International Solidarity for enduring Wellbeing.”

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The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Eastern Visayas has begun the series of community assemblies as part of the social preparation activities for this year’s expansion of Tara, Basa Tutoring Program (TBTP).

Since last week, TBTP community coordinators successfully conducted the activity in the cities of Tacloban and Ormoc, and the municipalities of Paranas, Jiabong, Pinabacdao, San Jorge, and Villareal all in Samar province.

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In line with the mandate of the department, which is to assist families in recovering from the effects of shear line, the DSWD Field Office-8 remains committed to providing relief augmentation support throughout the region.

In coordination with the Local Government Unit and Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office, a total of 2,000 family food packs have been distributed to families affected by the shear line in San Miguel, Leyte.… Click here to read more...

Aabot sa 9,292 family food packs ang naipaabot ng ahensya bilang augmentasyon sa mga lokal na pamahalaan ng Eastern Samar at tugon sa mga pamilyang apektado ng pag-ulan at pagbaha dulot ng Shear line sa rehiyon.

Kabilang na dito ang mga LGU’s ng:

Taft, Eastern Samar – 1700 family food packs

Can-Avid, Eastern Samar – 1,778 family food packs

San Policarpo, Eastern Samar – 1, 700 family food packs

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Nagpaabot ng tulong ang Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office-8 sa mga pamilyang naapektuhan ng matinding pag-ulan bunsod ng shear line sa Sulat, Eastern Samar.

Sa ngayon, 922 family food packs (FFPs) na ang naipamahagi ng ahensya sa lokal na pamahalaan, katuwang ang Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) at Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office (MSWDO).

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The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 8 and the Philippine National Police (PNP) Regional Office 8 partnered in the Specialized Course on the Investigation of Crimes Involving Women and their Children.

As part of this initiative, DSWD provided discussions on the Vulnerabilities of Diverse Groups such as Indigenous Women and Children, Persons with Disability and Persons of Diverse SOGIE, emphasizing the need for inclusive, gender-sensitive, and … Click here to read more...