Helen Lorilla is motivated to help others. “Ang serbisyo, long life; ang kwarta madali mawara (service lasts for lifetime while money perishes instantly), she said. As a mother of seven children and an owner of an upholstery shop in Balinad, Daraga, she still manages to apportion a part of her time as a volunteer in continue reading : The motivation of a Bicolano volunteer

Marissa Moron Paeste, Social Welfare Officer III of DSWD FOV is among the six social workers who won in the search for Exemplary Government Registered Social Worker engaged in Typhoon Yolanda. Sponsored by Consuelo Foundation and the Council for the Welfare of the Children (CWC), the awarding ceremony was held at Manila Hotel last April continue reading : Marissa M. Peste of DSWD Bicol wins Nat’l Search for Exemplary Government Social Worker

For a family that is poverty stricken, their primary concerns is what to eat and how they will survive for the coming days. Maricel Aguilar’s family is one among them. They are from Barangay Busing, a coastal barangay of San Pascual, Masbate whose main source of livelihood is farming and fishing. Mario earns P100 per continue reading : BRAVING THE TRAIL

DSWD 5 – A four day training of trainers on Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) was held recently at Bituon Beach Resort, Mobo, Masbate. Funded by World Bank, the training program was focused on the discussion of the Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) and Behavior Change Communication. This will form part of the Enhanced Family continue reading : PILOT LGUs in Masbate Trained on WASH Program

In order to provide a sustainable livelihood to Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries in Donsol, Sorsogon, the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office V formalized partnership through a memorandum of understanding with the local government unit of Donsol and six Department of Tourism accredited beach resorts namely; Elysa, Vitton, Woodland, Dancalan, Amar Farm and AGM continue reading : DSW, LGU Donsol and beach resort owners inks MOU on Sustainable Livelihood of Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries

The poor village of Iyagan in Baao, Camarines Sur worked hard for their first concrete access road. The 1.71 km pathway was completed in 2013 and since then, everyone in the community is reaping the benefits of what they sacrificed for. Necita Mesa, a housewife with three children, was one of the residents who built continue reading : A housewife learns the basics of construction

DSWD targets to train more than 7,000 residents on project proposal making as part of the Project Development Workshop (PDW) conducted through Kalahi-CIDSS (Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services). The said training started last March and will end this April in 88 municipalities and 2,490 communities are the recipients of the continue reading : DSWD trains thousands of Bicolanos on project proposal making

The municipality of Rapu-rapu, Albay kicks off enumeration on Tuesday to update the list of poor families in the region. Due to its geographic location, Rapu-Rapu was piloted to the conduct of the second round of household assessment. The said town has a target of 6,649 households to be assessed. “In this second enumeration, we continue reading : DSWD Bicol kicks off enumeration in Rapu-Rapu town

Security personnel of Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office V was commended for his exemplary honesty when he returned a plastic envelope full of money amounting to P1.188M (P330,000 cheque and P858,000 cash) to its owner—local government unit of Prieto Diaz, Sorsogon. Noel L. Lorilla of Urduja Security Services Incorporated recovered the money continue reading : DSWD FOV honest security guard returned P1.18M worth of money to Prieto Diaz, Sorsogon

Legazpi City–The key officials of the national government agencies (NGAs) and DSWD’s development partners visited two towns in Bicol for the Third Implementation Support Mission last April 9, 2015 to look into the enhancements of Kalahi-CIDSS program of DSWD. Members of World Bank, Asian Development Bank (ADB) together with the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) and continue reading : DSWD holds 3rd Joint WB-ADB-DFAT Implementation Support Mission in Bicol