The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office V conducted the Regional General Assembly (RGA) cum Staff Development with a theme “Kaagapay sa Pagbangon at Bagong Simula” held at Coastal View Beach Resort, Sto. Domingo, Albay on May 7-9, 2014.

“The activity serves as a venue to create a network of colleagues for support and teamwork and broaden their experience and visibility such as committee and task forces”, said DSWD Regional Director Arnel B. Garcia

The staff was grouped into teams with different colors assigned to each group for recognition. Each team showed camaraderie over games of basketball, volleyball, shoot the ball, water balloon, and cross the bridge. As overall result, the Green team declared as a champion followed by orange and blue team.

Furthermore, Semestral General Assembly was conducted. SWEAP President Mr. Ronald Morco & Ms. Nida Tiansay presented the updates on the SWEAP National Convention they attended. They also laid down the proposal on the resolution for the Provision of Financial Assistance. Nominations for the upcoming election were also conducted. For this year the election will be in a form of online voting.

“Providing physical and sports activities will help them to perform well in their assigned roles and responsibilities”, Garcia ended.##AJViterbo/crbarrameda