DSWD Bicol starts full-scale Project LAWA at BINHI implementation

  After a series of social preparations, including consultations with partner agencies, strategic planning, coordination with recipient Local Government Units, and information dissemination, the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office V (DSWD FO V) has formally commenced the full-scale implementation of Project LAWA at BINHI in the Bicol Region. During the pilot launching continue reading : DSWD Bicol starts full-scale Project LAWA at BINHI implementation

1st Joint NAC and NTWG Field Visit for 2024 spurs efforts to strengthen Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program implementation in Sorsogon, Bicol Region

The province of Sorsogon, nestled in the scenic Bicol Region, served as the dynamic backdrop for the commencement of the 1st Joint National Advisory Council (NAC) and National Technical Working Group (NTWG) Field Visit 2024 on April 23, 2024. This groundbreaking event, panned to be an annual occurrence across different regions, endeavors to strengthen the continue reading : 1st Joint NAC and NTWG Field Visit for 2024 spurs efforts to strengthen Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program implementation in Sorsogon, Bicol Region

Bicol Regional agencies back DSWD FO V’s Project LAWA at BINHI implementation

  DSWD Field Office 5’s Project LAWA at BINHI received a positive response from various regional/national agencies and stakeholders during the Convergence Planning and Budgeting under the Risk Resiliency Program (RRP) held in Naga City, Camarines Sur from April 24 to 26, 2024. During the activity, DSWD FO V officials introduced the importance of implementing continue reading : Bicol Regional agencies back DSWD FO V’s Project LAWA at BINHI implementation

DSWD Bicol protects women, kids displaced by armed conflict in Jovellar, Albay

Social workers of the DSWD Field Office V facilitate play therapy as part of the psychosocial interventions provided to children evacuees affected by the armed conflict in Jovellar, Albay.   In a heartwarming gesture, recreational and educational activities were organized by the DSWD Field Office 5 – Municipal Action Team in Jovellar to provide psychological continue reading : DSWD Bicol protects women, kids displaced by armed conflict in Jovellar, Albay

DSWD Bicol Regional Director calls for collaboration in supporting exiting 4Ps beneficiaries in Masbate

In a pivotal Municipal Advisory Council (MAC) Meetings, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Bicol Regional Director Norman S. Laurio, called upon partners from Local Government Units (LGU) San Pascual and Claveria, Masbate, to join hands in providing intervention to Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries who are set to exit the program by continue reading : DSWD Bicol Regional Director calls for collaboration in supporting exiting 4Ps beneficiaries in Masbate

DSWD SLP participants in Mandaon, Masbate received livelihood training and additional aid from DSWD Bicol and partner agencies

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP), together with LGU Mandaon of the province of Masbate and their Municipal Agriculture Office (MAO), Philippine National Police (PNP), Department of Agriculture (DA), Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) and the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA), held a Capability Building Training cum Women’s continue reading : DSWD SLP participants in Mandaon, Masbate received livelihood training and additional aid from DSWD Bicol and partner agencies

Government agencies renew commitment to fighting hunger and poverty in Bicol Region

The Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP) in Bicol Region, headed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) as lead agency, held the Ceremonial Signing of the EPAHP Regional Memorandum of Understanding at A and A Bed and Breakfast Inn, Legazpi City, Albay on April 5, 2024. DSWD’s EPAHP is the national continue reading : Government agencies renew commitment to fighting hunger and poverty in Bicol Region

DSWD distributes Php 3M worth of livelihood grants in Irosin, Sorsogon

  The Department of Social Welfare and Development, through the Sustainable Livelihood Program, distributed Php 3,015,000.00 worth of livelihood grants to 201 program participants today, April 5, at the DSWD Satellite Office in Irosin, Sorsogon. Each of them received Php 15,000.00 intended for their livelihood, may it be for the already existing or for the continue reading : DSWD distributes Php 3M worth of livelihood grants in Irosin, Sorsogon

DSWD Bicol Aids Displaced Families due to Insurgency in Jovellar, Albay

The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office V (DSWD FO V) distributed 300 Family Food Packs amounting to PHP 205,695.00 yesterday, March 30, 2024, to families affected by the recent armed conflict in Barangay San Vicente and Villa Paz, Jovellar, Albay. The Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office of Jovellar reported that on continue reading : DSWD Bicol Aids Displaced Families due to Insurgency in Jovellar, Albay