“Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it’s less good than the one you had before. You can fight it, you can do nothing but scream about what you’ve lost, or you can accept that and try to put together something that’s good,” Elizabeth Edwards, a best-selling author said. Through the years, Bicol Region continue reading : Steadfast community effort for refuge

Legazpi City-The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office V provided a Gender Sensitivity Training (GST) to its 98 internal staff in three batches this year. The two-day crash course about gender aims to teach the DSWD employees to fully understand the importance of legal mandates and laws in creating a gender-fair community. continue reading : DSWD trains 98 employees as GAD advocates through GST

Legazpi City-The Regional Sub-Committee for the Welfare of Children (RSCWC)-Region V awarded the Seal of Child-Friendly Local Governance (SCFLG) to 96 of the total 114 local government units (LGUs) in the region last November 9, 2018 at La Edley, Legazpi City. “The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) prioritizes the vulnerable sectors specially the continue reading : 96 LGUs receive 2017 Seal of Child-Friendly Local Governance, Palace recognizes two regional winners

Legazpi City– The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region V started to distribute cash subsidy to the poor households identified by the Listahanan as recipients of the Unconditional Cash Transfer Program (UCT) in all local government units (LGUs) in Bicol Region last week. According to DSWD Regional Director Arnel Garcia, the 102,853 poor continue reading : DSWD distributes cash subsidy to 102,853 indigent households in Bicol

The Department of Social Welfare and Development Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (DSWD Kalahi-CIDSS) will conduct Makilahok in 15 Local Government Units (LGUs) in Bicol Region to further reinforce the community participation in local development. Makilahok or Strengthening Community Participation in Local Development is a project to be continue reading : DSWD Kalahi-CIDSS to implement Makilahok in 15 LGUs of Bicol Region

Seven (7) community volunteer organizations from Bicol out of 108 awardees across the Philippines were recognized during the 4th Bayani Ka! Awards last October 4, 2018 at Golden Peak Hotel and Suites, Cebu City. The Bayani Ka! Awards of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is the highest recognition for volunteers who took continue reading : Seven Bicol community orgs recognized at 4th National Bayani Ka! Awards

Age can endure the test of time but the physical features that comes with it can change. Visually, Ulysis Lubiano is described as severely thin wearing a wrinkled and leathery face due to overexposure to sun and extra hollow cheeks with puffiness under the eyes. His appearance might pose that he is old and weak continue reading : The pillar of strength in a house of the elderly

Labo, Camarines Norte – Motorcycle ride going to Barangay Cabatuhan is the most fulfilling experience for the residents. Every time passengers pass by the Busig-on river, they can’t help but adore the majestic concrete spillway painted in yellow and black. Despite its magnificence, it wasn’t easy for the community to complete a project in 223 continue reading : All hands on deck: 83 days to build a spillway

Legazpi City— The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region V and its partners celebrate the 26th Family Week by hosting series of activities this month of September adopting the theme: “Tungo sa Maginhawa, Matatag at Panatag na Pamilyang Pilipino”. The said theme follows the Ambisyon Natin 2040 of the National Economic and Development continue reading : DSWD and partners host 26th Family Week Celebration

Legazpi City— DSWD Region V is ready to provide relief augmentation to local government units (LGUs) that will be affected by Typhoon Ompong which entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) yesterday. Signal No. 1 is now raised in five provinces (except for Masbate) in Bicol based on the 5 am weather bulletin of Philippine continue reading : DSWD Region V readies for Typhoon Ompong