Poverty remains the most crucial social problem that needs to be dealt with in the Philippines. What is precisely the nature of this dilemma? Being the 12th most populated country in the world, the major cause of this is the rapid population growth which resulted to high unemployment rate. Over the years, poverty rate stays continue reading : WHO and WHERE THE POOR ARE?
DSWD FIELD OFFICE V hosted the 2012 NHTS- PR Year- End Program Review and Evaluation Workshop
The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office V hosted recently the National Year-End Program Review on National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction. This was held last November 12-17, 2012 at The Oriental Hotel, Legazpi City. NHTS-PR is an information management system that identifies who and where the poor are. The system makes continue reading : DSWD FIELD OFFICE V hosted the 2012 NHTS- PR Year- End Program Review and Evaluation Workshop
Teacher Donates to Kalahi-CIDSS Project in Masbate Town
High school teacher from Cataingan, Masbate handed down P5,000 as her personal contribution to the upcoming construction of a concrete pathway in a far-flung barangay of the said town. The Kalahi-CIDSS (Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services) Donors’ Forum held in Cataingan Astrodome last October 24 paved the way for Belma Vistones continue reading : Teacher Donates to Kalahi-CIDSS Project in Masbate Town
216 Kalahi-CIDSS Community Projects to be Inaugurated in Bicol for 2012
All six (6) provinces in Bicol region will inaugurate a total of 216 community sub-projects implemented through Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS), one of the poverty-reduction programs of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Prioritized communities in the municipalities of Albay, Sorsogon, Masbate, Catanduanes, Camarines Norte, and continue reading : 216 Kalahi-CIDSS Community Projects to be Inaugurated in Bicol for 2012