Getting into prohibited drugs or being dead drunk will not at all solve one’s problem” Leonie said. Leonie Buhion Belarmino, 51 years old is a recovered drug dependent. A resident of Zone 2, Bulan, Sorsogon, Leonie is married with three children all boys. But bad fate brought his family to be dismantled. His wife has continue reading : A TRANSFORMED LIFE OF A DRUG ADDICT

A total of 146, 148 pre- schoolers enrolled in 4,372 day care centers in 108 Local Government Units in Bicol are benefitting from the DSWD’s Supplemental Feeding Program. It has a total funding of 227 million. Each day care child have an allocation of 15.00 per day for a period of 120 days. The Supplementary continue reading : DSWD’s Supplementary Feeding Program encourages parent’s involvement

Differently abled person should not be the subject of shame and pity. If given opportunity to develop their abilities and skills these person with disability can be productive and an active contributing member of the family and the community. Just like any normal individual, these persons who maybe blind, hearing impaired, orthopedically handicapped or with continue reading : A Dream Come True for Angelo

As provided for in Executive Order No. 137 series of 2009, the month of July of every year is declared the National Disaster Consciousness Month. This year’s theme is “Kahandaan at Pagtugon sa Sakuna, Tungkulin”. This month celebration is an advocacy effort of the government to provide awareness on disaster preparedness in order to help continue reading : National Disaster Consciousness Month Observed in Bicol

The DSWD convened local government units (LGUs) during the Kalahi-CIDSS Mid-Year Review, Re-Orientation, and Planning Workshop in Naga City Regent Hotel and Convention Center last July 21-22, 2016. The first day tackled in-depth Kalahi-CIDSS program orientation, Cycle 1 (2014-2015) implementation status, lessons and challenges, key support needed to complete the implementation, present targets for the continue reading : DSWD encourages continuous LGU support to Community-Driven Development

According to the recent household assessment result conducted by the Listahanan, the DSWD’s information management system that identifies who and where the poor are, it revealed that there are 1.3% or 29,346 of the 2,340,468 poor individuals in the Bicol Region have disability. DSWD Regional Director Arnel Garcia said on Monday during the kick-off activity continue reading : 29,346 poor Bicolanos have disability, DSWD data shows

The Government funded 712 disaster mitigation sub-projects in Bicol from 2002 to present in response to the communities in Bicol who identified these as their priority. A total of PhP1,062,110,051 was allocated to construct the said projects in 94 municipalities that will benefit more than 180,000 households. Under the Kapit- Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and continue reading : Communities in need of disaster mitigation sub-projects in Bicol receive 1 billion

Mapaco is one of the 44 communities of Guinobatan, a first class municipality. The said village is located at the mid upland area of Guinobatan where the lush mountains provide food, shelter and livelihood to its 1,815 inhabitants. Indigenous People (IP) or the Agta Tabangnon from Baao and Iriga City in Camarines Sur were brought continue reading : Village completes evacuation center for IPs in Albay

The people of Purok Villarin, the coastal section of Brgy. Narangasan in Milagros, Masbate used to cringe in fear for their children’s safety. Parents send their children to Day Care in three ways. They either choose Villarin’s decrepit and makeshift building along the sea, get to the neighboring purok with a 30-minute walk along the continue reading : Getting rid of seclusion through empowerment in a Masbate village

Sitio Aguada of Barangay Ternaplin, San Pascual, Masbate is the crossway of the school children and other people from all walks of life who come on foot to Poblacion and vice versa. These people are from the neighboring sitios and from another barangay such as: Busing, Nazareno and Cueva. Sitio Aguada is a coastal village continue reading : THE TRANSFORMATION OF VILLAGERS