Rosa Gonzales, 76, sighed with a relief when she recalled how she and her colleagues erected a great wall which eliminated doubts from others. Even more, her worries subsided when that 60-meter seawall was completed in June 27, 2014 though Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS). Kalahi-CIDSS is a DSWD continue reading : Seawall built by villagers breaks down barriers

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent,” says Victor Hugo. This cannot be truer for Flordeliz Olesco, a 67-year-old retired teacher from Barangay Ananong in Viga, Catanduanes, who found herself writing a song as a way to show her gratitude when her community finally got a water continue reading : Water system built through DSWD program puts a new song in the hearts of residents in Catanduanes town

The family of school teachers from Legazpi City had won the DSWD songwriting contest last October 18, 2014 held at Pacific Mall, Legazpi City. The song entitled “Kapit-Bisig” of SOP band made the audience burst into loud cheers while impressing the judges with their vocal stunts and outstanding musicality adjudging them as the grand winner continue reading : Teachers hailed as DSWD songwriting contest grand winners

Legazpi City─The DSWD Field Office V officially launched the National Community-Driven Program (NCDDP) last October 16, 2014 at Police Regional Office V, Camp General Simeon A. Ola, Legazpi City with the attendance of mayors and governors who forged the Memorandum of Agreement to formally start its implementation. Dir. Garcia together with the mayors all over continue reading : DSWD launches 4.5 billion poverty-reduction program in Bicol

Suzan and her family almost died in 1995. They even lost their home after that fateful day in November 2, 1995. It was raining for over a week before Typhoon Rosing swept away their house leaving it in rubbles. Suzan clearly remembered how they dealt with the sudden surge of water and ran for their continue reading : Suzan’s Relief

Laurente is utterly poor and several persons can attest to this. Teresita lived through the pains of indigence. She lived in a community with profuse natural endowments but few opportunities. As a fish vendor, she even traveled to other villages to increase her sales. She usually carried a bucketful of fish and sometimes traversed a continue reading : The women who changed Laurente

Legazpi City— More than 23,000 households benefit from streetlights in 85 baranagays all over Bicol region funded under PAyapa at MAsaganang PamayaNAn (PAMANA), another poverty-reduction project of the Philippine government under DSWD, one of its implementing agencies. From 2011 to present, there are 2,661 streetlights installed in nine (9) municipalities providing homes security and safer continue reading : Safer streets for Bicolanos, lampposts illuminate 85 communities

Legazpi City─ The DSWD here in Region V still accepts application of 372 field workers to be assigned anywhere in Bicol under the expansion of KALAHI CIDSS NCDDP (formerly KALAHI CIDSS), a successful poverty-reduction program in the Philippines. “KALAHI CIDSS NCDDP will commence sometime in September and we are making our best effort to complete continue reading : DSWD Field Office V urgently needs 372 field workers

The DSWD Field Office V asks all talented Bicolano musicians and bands to write a song with a central theme on community-driven development (CDD), a successful approach in poverty-reduction, in connection with the Songwriting Contest of the agency to be conducted this October 18. All composers are enjoined to create a theme song based on continue reading : DSWD 5 hosts songwriting contest on community-driven development

Michelle dela Torre, a Pantawid Pamilya parent leader and a KALAHI CIDSS volunteer in Brgy. Rawis, Legazpi City. She is also a beneficiary of the development center that will become a venue for livelihood opportunities that was constructed through KALAHI CIDSS project with a total project cost of Php1.1 million. She was trained to become continue reading : A DSWD beneficiary finds fulfillment in volunteering