Tubig Guinoo Women sets Social Change through Collective Action

History tells that subordination of women remains to be the basis of their exclusion in the development sphere. But today, it is only an empowering sight to see women give their unparalleled power for the community’s growth through DSWD’s Kalahi-CIDSS program.

In Barangay Tubig Guinoo, Kawayan, Biliran, a group of women pioneered collective action in order to resolve their most pressing needs.

 

Women and Water in Tubig Guinoo

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LGU Tabontabon reaps DSWD 2018 GAPAS Award

The Local Government Unit of Tabontabon, Leyte has been unanimously chosen by the GAPAS Awards Committee as the National Model LGU Implementing Kalahi-CIDSS in this year’s DSWD PaNaTa Ko sa Bayan Awards held on March 8, 2018 at the DSWD Central Office, Quezon City.

The PaNaTa (Pagkilala sa Natatanging Kontribusyon) Ko sa Bayan Awards acknowledges the efforts of the individuals, groups and organizations whose panata or vow is to share … Click here to read more...

Barugo leads legislative advocacy, champs CDD sustainability

Our role to advocate and uphold Community-Driven Development is not just confined within the signed documents stipulated on our Memorandum of Agreement with Kalahi-CIDSS and DSWD. It is beyond contracts and counterparts. It is about Barugo’s sustainable future. Kalahi-CIDSS is about the people. It is the people.” – Barugo Mayor Macel Avestruz pointed out  during her presentation of LGU Barugo’s Community Driven Development (CDD) Good Practices.

In 2016, the … Click here to read more...

50 brgys qualify for P47M Kalahi-CIDSS Livelihood and Enterprise Grant

A total of fifty (50) barangays from Eastern Visayas, currently covered by Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Kalahi-CIDSS program, qualified for the additional grant for Livelihood and Enterprise (L&E) amounting to PhP 47,000,000.00 under the NCDDP (National Community-Driven Development Program) Livelihood and Enterprise Project.

Said grant is through the partnersihp of DSWD and Asian Development Bank to implement additional financing to restore the lives of Typhoon Yolanda victims across … Click here to read more...