Michelle dela Torre, a Pantawid Pamilya parent leader and a KALAHI CIDSS volunteer in Brgy. Rawis, Legazpi City. She is also a beneficiary of the development center that will become a venue for livelihood opportunities that was constructed through KALAHI CIDSS project with a total project cost of Php1.1 million. She was trained to become continue reading : A DSWD beneficiary finds fulfillment in volunteering

Australian Embassy officials visit DSWD project sites of KALAHI CIDSS in Pilar and Donsol in Sorsogon and Legazpi City last May 26 and 27, respectively. (L-R) Rosella Agcaoili (senior program officer), Australian Ambassador David Dutton, Robyn Piti (Counselor for peace and education ) during a study visit in Brgy. Esperanza, Pilar, Sorsogon last May 26. continue reading : Australian officials conduct study visit to DSWD projects in Bicol

For Jocelyn Caparoso and her family, the past 33 years have not been easy. The couple of Barangay Tabuc, Cawayan, Masbate, with five children went a lot of struggles in life only to survive. Jocelyn and her husband—Roque, 40, worked as farmers and earn P3,000 a month, just enough to survive when supplemented by vegetables continue reading : A Survival of Family from Poverty

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) warns local chief executives (LCEs) and other government officials against people falsely identifying themselves as employees or representatives of DSWD negotiating for KALAHI CIDSS-NCDDP (Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services-National Community-Driven Development Program). Reports have reached the Department that there are individuals continue reading : DSWD warns LGUs against false KALAHI CIDSS expansion representatives

DSWD FO V Dir. Arnel Garcia discusses the regional target of KALAHI CIDSS project in front of local government officials headed by their mayors last May 13, 2014 during the Regional Accountability Reporting in Legazpi City. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office V Director Arnel Garcia urged the local government units continue reading : DSWD urges full LGU support to community-driven development projects

The DSWD would like to address the alleged issues emanating from the procurement activities of KALAHI CIDSS project in the province of Albay. The provincial local government unit (LGU) of Albay currently leads in the implementation of KALAHI CIDSS, a pilot project in Luzon. As a poverty-reduction project implemented in Bicol since 2003, one unique feature of KALAHI CIDSS continue reading : Official press statement of DSWD on alleged procurement issues attributed to KALAHI CIDSS project

The provincial government of Camarines Norte has launched recently the Partnership against Hunger and Poverty (PAHP) held at Sto. Domingo, Vinzons, Camarines Norte. The pilot implementation covers the Provincial Government of Camarines Norte, Castilla Sorsogon and 3rd Congressional District of Camarines Sur. As explained by DSWD Director Arnel Garcia, the Partnership against Hunger and Poverty continue reading : Partnership against hunger and poverty launched

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 continue reading : DSWD FO5 holds regional general assembly cum staff development

Naga City – The fist ABSNET Provincial General Assembly in Camarines Sur was held on May 12, 2014 at People’s Hall, City Hall Compound Naga City. ABSNET or the Area-Based Standard Network has an end goal to institutionalize partnership with the SWDAs, NON- Government Organizations (NGOs) and People’s Organization (Pos) who are registered, licensed and continue reading : First ABSNET general assembly held

Boyet Bantigui, a KALAHI CIDSS volunteer, discusses one of their agenda during the volunteers meeting last April 2014 in Bitano, Legazpi City together with a community facilitator, a DSWD-hired field worker (in blue). “Nakakatabang ka na, nakakaukod ka pa [you help and you learn].” For more than a year of being a volunteer, that’s how continue reading : Traits that make a great volunteer