The Department of Social Welfare and Development spearheads the observance of 2017 Adoption and Consciousness Week Celebration from February 11-19, 2017. As a kick-off activity, a launching program was conducted earlier today at DILG Hall, Legazpi City which was participated by member agencies of Regional Sub-Committee for the Welfare of Children (RSCWC), Civil Society Organizations continue reading : DSWD kicks off Adoption Consciousness Week Celebration in Bicol

Legazpi City—The DSWD Regional Office was selected as the pioneer testing ground for a communications satellite project made possible through the partnership of the Philippine Government and the United Kingdom Space Agency to establish a reliable and stable mobile and data connection within the first 24 hours after disasters. The said project will be implemented continue reading : UK Space Agency launches pioneer communications satellite project in Bicol

Aside from relief augmentation and technical assistance to local government units during disaster operations, DSWD will also augment in a form of funding support to all municipalities with existing Kalahi-CIDSS program in line with the early recovery efforts in Bicol to areas damaged by Typhoon Nina. From 2014 to 2019, Bicol has been allocated 4.1 continue reading : Kalahi-CIDSS aids Typhoon Nina early recovery efforts in Bicol

A Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was forged between DSWD, DepEd and EDUCO yesterday at the DSWD Regional Office. A collaborative partnership is in support to Emergency Brigada Eskwela for the repair and rehabilitation of school facilities in Typhoon affected schools. This is to immediately recover and rehabilitate classrooms which are highly imperative not to defer continue reading : DSWD supports DepEd’s Emergency Brigada Eskwela in rebuilding schools

Unmindful of the heavy downfall, about 2,000 Child Development Workers from all over the region trooped to the Jesse M. Robredo Coliseum in Naga City to attend the Regional Child Development Workers Convention last November 17, 2016. With the theme “Sa Child Development Centers, Bata, the activity aims to provide all Child Development Workers the continue reading : Regional Child Development Worker’s Convention Held

As mandated by Republic Act 10661 dated July 22, 2014, the month of November year is declared as the National Children’s Month. This is to instill the significance of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by the United Nation in the Filipino Consciousness. The Children’s Month Celebration is a time continue reading : Bicol Joins the Children’s Month’s Celebration

Agta is the generic name in Bicol for the natives with dark colored skin, short stature and kinky hair. In Camarines Norte where the culture has been preserved call themselves “Kabihug”. The Kabihug tribe is one of the surviving minorities in Bicol who were found in highlands of Camarines Norte to have no land and continue reading : KABIHUGS LIFE OFF THE MOUNTAIN

Partnership against Hunger and Poverty (PAHP) is a convergence program intended to create essential social infrastructure aimed at improving access to basic services and facilitating investment into the rural economy. The implementation of the PAHP programs has been pilot-tested in Bicol where DSWD’s supplementary feeding program (SFP) for Day Care Centers are linked to DAR’s continue reading : Partnership against Hunger and Poverty is in full implementation

As part of the department’s objective to facilitate the sharing of high quality database to public and private social protection stakeholders, the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office V through the Listahanan conducted advocacy forums to national government agencies (NGA’s), academe, civil society organizations (CSO’s)/ people’s organizations (PO’s) last October 20 & 27, continue reading : DSWD Bicol encourages stakeholders to use the Listahanan data

“Bakit? Papayag ba yan na maging volunteer kung walang sahod? (Why? Would he like to volunteer without receiving any form of compensation?)” That’s how some residents of Brgy. Cawit Proper, Magallanes, Sorsogon would gossip about Randy Manere, 34. Randy, a college undergraduate, has been working as a Brgy. Secretary since 2011. At first, he was continue reading : The hard choice that matters