During the community volunteers (CVs) meeting with DSWD staff at Rawis Barangay Hall last November 20, 2013. The meeting focused on the pre-procurement activities, plans of actions and project updates. After trainings and seminars conducted for citizen-implementers, the DSWD community-led project in Legazpi City is set to start its implementation by late December this year. continue reading : Citizen-led DSWD Project Kick-starts in Legazpi City

DSWD Field Office 5, today, has an ongoing distribution of relief goods to the victims of super typhoon Yolanda in nine municipalities plus Borongan City in Eastern Samar. These municipalities are Quinapondan, Balangiga, Lawaan, General Macarthur, Giporlos, Salcedo, Hernani, Llorente and Maydolong. Twenty-two (22) DSWD workers have now reached the abovementioned areas to hand out continue reading : DSWD Field Office 5 Continues Relief Distribution in Eastern Samar

Almost 24 hours open, the continuous disaster response for super typhoon Yolanda’s victims being done by DSWD in Bicol focuses on relief operations which started late Sunday evening (November 10, 2013) at Albay Astrodome. DSWD has deployed more than 50 of its employees in three shifting schedules: 8AM-5PM; 5PM-1AM and 1AM-8AM, for round-the-clock work. On continue reading : A Day’s Life in a DSWD Repacking Center

Rudynen L. Elaurza, the Best Community Facilitator of Kalahi-CIDSS for 2012, reveals the contents of her bag during an ambush rummage last October 2013 at their Kalahi-CIDSS office in Gubat, Sorsogon. Challenging yet rewarding. This is how most development workers will describe their line of work, particularly those who work with communities to bring about continue reading : What’s Inside a Community Worker’s Bag?

Legazpi City— The first-ever DSWD mural contest focused on the theme: Boses, Kilos, Unlad which will embody the concept of the community-driven development (CDD) used as the overall strategy of Kalahi-CIDSS project. The contest and live painting went from August 13 to 15 in Camp General Simeon Ola’s perimeter fence with participants from different local continue reading : Bicol Hosts First-Ever Mural Contest in DSWD History

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) recognized the exemplary performances of local government units (LGUs) during its annual Culminating Activity conducted last August 27, 2013 in Legazpi City. Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS), one of the poverty alleviation projects of the national government implemented through the DSWD, continue reading : DSWD Awards Performing LGUs under Kalahi-CIDSS Project

Camarines Sur press was engaged in the one-day monitoring visit last October 1, 2013 to DSWD’s community projects in towns where Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) is currently being implemented. There were ten media from broadcast, print and TV who joined the team of DSWD during the trip to continue reading : Media Monitors DSWD Community Projects in Camarines Sur

The engineering department’s graduating class from the Catanduanes State University (CSU) went to one town in Catanduanes last September 19, 2013 where poverty reduction projects of DSWD are being implemented. Together with one faculty member, 59 students roved the municipality of Viga with an on-going implementation of the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery continue reading : Engineering Students Set Off on an Educational Trip in DSWD Project Site

In spite of its natural treasures, a rural community in Camarines Sur is still caught in the grip of poverty. Mainly comprised of nipa-makers, farmers, and fishermen, the high spirits of these industrious people have slowly depleted because of their long-term struggle against scarcity. Fifteen kilometers away from its town proper, the coastal village of continue reading : New Glory in a Remote Community

Pantawid Pamilya Beneficiaries in the Provinces of Masbate, Catanduanes and Sorsogon wins in the Bicol Regional Search for Huwarang Pantawid Pamilya 2013 conducted by the Department of Social Welfare and Development. In a simple awarding ceremony held last September 9, 2013 in Buraguis, Legazpi City, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Macanas of Cawayan, Masbate was awarded continue reading : Pantawid Pamilya Beneficiaries in Masbate, Catanduanes and Sorsogon Win in the Regional Search for Huwarang Pantawid Pamilya of DSWD.