The month of March is special for Filipino women. What makes the month truly special is the country’s observance of Women’s Month. Pursuant to Proclamation no.224 series of 1998 declares the month of March each year as Women’s Month and March 8 as Women’s Rights and International Peace Day. Proclamation no. 227 series of 1998 continue reading : March is Women’s Month

Twenty two survivors, mostly teachers were rescued in a passenger pump boat that capsized in the town of Bacacay in Albay late Friday afternoon of March 8, 2013. Four people died in the accident. The four fatalities were identified as Jeffrey Osorio,a census enumerator of NSO,  Emerlita Barrameda,a teacher, Diego Crisol, the boat captain and continue reading : DSWD Extends Assistance to Bereaved Families of Capsized MV-JOHN ASVEE

Letty and her husband belong to the dark-skinned, short in statue and kinky haired individuals called “ AGTA”. They are settled in a hinterland barangay of San Ramon, Iriga City. Letty’s family were among the 13 families drifted from the Black Village, in Santiago, Iriga City  by the National Commission for Indigenous People (NCIP). Their continue reading : How Pantawid Pamilya Changed the Lives of an IP Family

The Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) will fund the construction of additional classrooms in areas where Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) was previously implemented. A total of 83 classrooms and day care centers (DCCs) will be constructed in the first semester of 2013 to better address the educational continue reading : More Classrooms for Pantawid Pamilya Children

The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 5 through the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) continuously reaches out to stakeholders, local government units and partners to use the NHTS-PR database in identifying beneficiaries of their social protection programs. Series of orientations were conducted. In Donsol, Sorsogon last Nov.22, 2012, in continue reading : NHTS-PR Constantly Advocates to Stakeholders

In support to the government thrust to provide a sustainable intervention to improve the plight and condition of the youth, the DSWD-TESDA Cash for Training project was launched in Donsol, Sorsogon last February 12, 2013. Regional Director Conrado Bares of TESDA and Arnel B. Garcia who led the launching ceremony was joined by Donsol Vice continue reading : DSWD-TESDA Cash for Training Launched

The LGU of Ligao City in  the province of Albay thru the City Mayor Linda Gonzales received 20 units of sewing machines from DSWD Director Arnel Garcia. The simple turn –over ceremony was held at DSWD Complex, Ligao City last February 4, this year. From the 20 units, 13 are electric high-speed sewing machines while continue reading : DSWD Turns-Over Sewing Machines to LGU Ligao

“It is while we are young that we envision what we want to be in the future.” This is true especially to those children who have parents who are financially capable to support their every dream. But how about those with less in life? Those abandoned, neglected, orphaned or children born with ailing or unsupportive continue reading : RAFFY’S VISION VS. REALITY

The Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS), a multi-funded project of Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), aids 2,051 communities with P1.07 billion for continued implementation this 2013. With project coverage of 70 municipalities in all provinces of Bicol, Kalahi-CIDSS provides poverty-reduction projects to address local needs in the continue reading : Bicol Gets 1.07 Billion for Poverty-Reduction Projects in 2013

One of the best factor in the successful implementation of a project is when the beneficiaries themselves collaborate and unite in the project implementation. This is the case of the core shelter project by the Department of Social Welfare and Development and Local Government Units with more than a thousand typhoon victims and displaced families continue reading : DSWD Turns Over Additional Core Houses in Albay