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

LOOK: DSWD Field Office 8-Eastern Visayas loads 1,500 family food packs intended for the families affected by Severe Tropical Storm “Kristine” in Can-avid Eastern Samar. #BawatBuhayMahalagaSaDSWD#KristinePH

She is smart.She is beautiful.She is strong.She is a beauty queen.She is a member of the Indigenous Peoples (IP) communityShe 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 continue reading : Long live the Queen!

TINGNAN: Sa tulong ng Local Government Unit at ng Disaster Response Management Division ng DSWD Field Office 8, naipamahagi na rin ang Family Food Packs sa mga apektadong pamilya sa Brgy. Limarayon Calbayog City, Samar. Hanggang ngayon, nagpapatuloy ang relief augmentation sa mga lugar na nasalanta ng #KristinePH #BawatBuhayMahalagaSaDSWD

IN PHOTOS: DSWD Field Office 8-EASTERN VISAYAS, in collaboration with the Municipal Social Welfare Development Office (MSWDO), and LGU distributed 521 family food packs to families affected by Severe Tropical Storm “Kristine” in Dulag, Leyte. #BawatBuhayMahalagaSaDSWD #KristinePH

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. continue reading : DSWD Tara, Basa! benefits 4.3K individuals in Samar Province

IN PHOTOS: DSWD Field Office 8-EASTERN VISAYAS loads 1,853 family food packs (FFPs) from the Regional Resource Operations Center (RROC) for distribution to the families affected by Severe Tropical Storm “Kristine” in Hilongos, Leyte. #BawatBuhayMahalagaSaDSWD#KristinePH