Construction Safety Training Boosts Safety and Health Education in CDD Projects

Emphasizing on preventive measures during the construction of community infrastructures under the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) project, a training on Construction Safety Training was conducted last May 6-10, 2013 in Sto. Domingo, Albay. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has partnered with the Department of Labor continue reading : Construction Safety Training Boosts Safety and Health Education in CDD Projects

KATUTUBO CARAVAN HELD

A Katutubo caravan was held recently in a tribal community at Barangay Osmeña, Jose Panganiban, Camarines Norte where hundreds of “Kabihugs” unmindful of the strong summer heat trek the hills of Barangay Osmeña in order to join the activity. These “Kabihugs” belong to the “Agta”, the generic term used in Bicol to refer to the continue reading : KATUTUBO CARAVAN HELD

COMMUNITIES KEY TO DEVELOPMENT – SOLIMAN

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Juliano-Soliman strongly emphasized that the citizens are crucial to the pursuit of progress. She made this point as she talked about how the Community-Driven Development (CDD) approach can operationalize “inclusive growth” during the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Albay Governor Joey continue reading : COMMUNITIES KEY TO DEVELOPMENT – SOLIMAN

Legazpeños Attend First Kalahi-CIDSS Community Assembly

After the barangay assembly, chosen volunteers from Brgy. Bitano, Legazpi City were oriented about Kalahi-CIDSS last April 18, 2013 at the Ibalong Centrum for Recreation. Donna Osial [left], a DSWD staff, discusses their roles and responsibilities as volunteers in the project. From the coverage of rural barangays, Kalahi-CIDSS has now expanded to the urban setting continue reading : Legazpeños Attend First Kalahi-CIDSS Community Assembly

DSWD, DILG TO INK MOA WITH ALBAY ON PROVINCIAL CDD IMPLEMENTATION

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will be signing a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Albay Governor Joey Sarte Salceda in Legazpi City on April 24, 2013 for the pilot testing of the enhancement of provincial local government unit (PLGU) engagement in Kapit-Bisig continue reading : DSWD, DILG TO INK MOA WITH ALBAY ON PROVINCIAL CDD IMPLEMENTATION

PODER 7 Closes with 25 Poverty Reduction Projects Completed

The Poder y Prosperidad de la Comunidad (Empowerment and Development of Communities) or shortly known as PODER project, closes its seventh phase providing 25 basic community facilities and services to two municipalities in Bicol region. PODER 7 is a special project realized through the convergent partnership of Department of Social Welfare and Development and Agencia continue reading : PODER 7 Closes with 25 Poverty Reduction Projects Completed