The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 5 will hold the first Listahanan at Work Photo Contest with a theme “Listahanan at work: identifying families in need of social protection” this coming July 24 in Legazpi City. This activity aims to promote transparency on the process of identifying the poor. It also raises continue reading : DSWD Bicol announces the first Listahanan Photo Contest

In order to provide a sustainable livelihood to Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries in Donsol, Sorsogon, the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office V formalized partnership through a memorandum of understanding with the local government unit of Donsol and six Department of Tourism accredited beach resorts namely; Elysa, Vitton, Woodland, Dancalan, Amar Farm and AGM continue reading : DSW, LGU Donsol and beach resort owners inks MOU on Sustainable Livelihood of Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries

The municipality of Rapu-rapu, Albay kicks off enumeration on Tuesday to update the list of poor families in the region. Due to its geographic location, Rapu-Rapu was piloted to the conduct of the second round of household assessment. The said town has a target of 6,649 households to be assessed. “In this second enumeration, we continue reading : DSWD Bicol kicks off enumeration in Rapu-Rapu town

In line with the Women’s month celebration with a national theme: “Juana desisyon ma ay mahalaga sa kinabukasan ng bawat isa, Ikaw na! The DSWD Field Office 5 in coordination with the Regional Inter-agency Against Trafficking and Violence Against Women and Children( RIACAT-VAWC) has lined-up the following activities: a foot parade and zumba, radio and continue reading : BICOL celebrates Women’s month

Legazpi City-A partnership has been forged between DSWD and Bicol University on Sustainable Livelihood Multi-Skills Training program . The simple MOA signing was done during the RDC full council meeting today at the NEDA Regional Office, Arimbay Legazpi City. The program aims to improve the socio-economic capacities of the Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries by facilitating their continue reading : DSWD- Bicol University inks MOA on Sustainable Livelihood Multi-Skills Training Program of Pantawid Pamilya Beneficiaries

The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office V announces that the screening of applicants under the Listahanan program is still on-going. “Since we are on a massive hiring we are scheduling the applicants on a per batch basis” said Regional Director Arnel Garcia. “We will shortlist once we finished interviewing all applicants. For continue reading : Screening of Listahanan field staff applicants is on-going – DSWD

In line with this year’s celebration of the National Adoption Consciousness Week, the DSWD Field Office 5 conducted an adoption forum held last February 14, 2015 at the POPCOM, Regional Office 5, Legazpi City. The activity was intended for couples who have adopted children to get together and share their experiences, challenges and the joy continue reading : Adoptive parents hare experiences

About 15 civil society organizations (CSO’s) from the different parts of the region attended the consultation workshop organized by the Department of Social Welfare and Development held recently at Fiesta Ballroom, Legazpi City. DSWD Director Arnel Garcia said that the activity is one of the government’s commitments to integrate citizen’s participation in the budget process continue reading : DSWD 5 holds consultation meeting with CSOs

The DSWD Field Office V through the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) now known as Listahanan is set to conduct another special validation to some 5,180 households next week. The special validation will target those families that are not included in the Listahanan database for inclusion in the Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program. continue reading : DSWD Bicol readies for another special validation