Four hundred child laborers identified by Listahanan or National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) recently received assistance from the Department of Labor and Employment Field Office 5. This was simultaneously conducted throughout the region in the last quarter of 2013. “Our aim is to give joy to at least 80% of the total child continue reading : Listahanan identified child laborers in Bicol get assistance from DOLE

The city government of Legazpi City and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has forged a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the academe, business institutions and employment agencies to support project beneficiaries in livelihood and employment for two of the city’s barangays under the pilot implementation of Urban Kalahi-CIDSS (Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive continue reading : DSWD and Legazpi City tap partners for employment and livelihood support, forge MOA under Urban Kalahi-CIDSS pilot project

The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office V through the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program will be conducting the National Program Review and Evaluation Workshop (NPREW) on February 10 – 14, in Legazpi City. The NPREW is an annual activity of the Department in order to evaluate, assess the implementation and accomplishments of the continue reading : DSWD Bicol to Host the National Program Review and Evaluation Workshop of Pantawid Pamilya

The DSWD trained 21,655 residents of 591 barangays in Bicol region on managing community-based subprojects (SPs) under Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) project. Currently, the first cycle of the project which started in 2012, is being implemented in five (5) provinces namely Camarines Sur, Camarines Norte, Sorsogon and Catanduanes continue reading : DSWD trains 21,655 Bicolanos as community-implementers

Nanay Nelia express her motherly love by caressing Ruby. She said all she could hope for is to provide Ruby a normal life and a sustainable livelihood for her family. ***** At the age of 60, people expect elders to be at home, living a simple, happy and contented life but not in the case continue reading : An Inspiring Story of a Mother to her Kids

The team effort of the DSWD finance people has been proven to be effective in facilitating the reconciliation of the fund release to Field Offices versus Central Office records, the Closing of Books of Accounts and the preparation of the year-end financial statement for timely submission to oversight agencies, hence the conduct of Annual National continue reading : DSWD Bicol Hosts National Financial Management Conference Workshop

Albay inked the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with its six prioritized municipalities under DSWD’s PLGU Engagement Pilot this January 24 at Hotel St. Ellis. The said municipalities were Polangui, Oas, Pioduran, Jovellar, Guinobatan and Manito. DSWD has provided a grant of P100 million while the Provincial Government of Albay has P75 million for its counterpart continue reading : Albay and municipal LGUs forge MOA on DSWD’s poverty-reduction projects

Dir. Arnel B. Garcia of DSWD Field Office V cordially welcomed the local officials of Compostela Valley headed by Board Members Moran Takasan and Macario Humol, both from second district, last January 21, 2014 at Hotel St. Ellis. He emphasized that disaster risk reduction is an integral part of poverty alleviation projects. Legazpi City- local continue reading : DSWD’s pilot areas on PLGU engagement join in learning exchange on CDD and DRRM

Sixteen (16) Local Government Units in the region inked a Memorandum of Agreement with the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 5 through its information management system dubbed as “Listahanan”. Listahanan is the country’s database of poor households which makes available to national government agencies and other social protection stakeholders as reference in continue reading : 16 LGU’s in Bicol inks MOA on Listahanan

The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 5 has recently released the amount of PhP 4, 224,530 as livelihood assistance under the Bottom-up Budgeting in the provinces of Masbate and Sorsogon. Ms. Generosa Millete, Project Development Officer II and the acting Regional Project Coordinator of the livelihood unit have turned-over the check in continue reading : Sorsogon and Masbate received capital assistance from DSWD