The Department of Social Welfare and Development Bicol headed by Director Arnel B. Garcia awarded the certificate of completion and acceptance of 50 core shelter units worth 3.5 million to family beneficiaries in Barangay Lamon, Goa, Camarines Sur on March 4, 2014. Mayor Antero Lim said that the local government of Goa purchased the lot continue reading : Families get new DSWD core houses

Christian Taglucop, 21, of Barangay Nipa, Palanas, Masbate, is a beneficiary of SGPPA of DSWD Pantawid Pamilya. Before, for him entering in college is impossible. But now, he said he will not waste the opportunity provided to him to continue his plan and attain the better future for his own and his family. ******** He continue reading : Dreams do happen

Legazpi City─ The DSWD here will hire some 1,315 employees in preparation to the forthcoming implementation of the National Community-Driven Development Program (NCDDP), a scale-up of the successful implementation of Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) sometime this second quarter. Applications are now accepted for those who have background in continue reading : DSWD Bicol to hire 1,315 workers under its new program

She bags and sifts gravel and sand. Even fills-up the hefty water drum. She shovels, mixes, pours, and spreads concrete. She smoothens and finishes freshly poured cement. Even carries hollow blocks one at a time. A routine she quickly acclimatized for over a month of exposure to these things. “Kaya talaga ng mga babae. Kung continue reading : The mighty rose

Barangay Nazareno is a coastal barangay in the eastern side of San Pascual, Burias, one of the three islands of Masbate province. It is a fishing village which is accessible to land and sea transport. However, the only available land transport is the “habal-habal” or a one-sided motorcycle. One could also reach the place by continue reading : An SLP Success Story

The observance of International Women’s Day (IWD) is celebrated each year to recognize working women around the world. Pursuant to proclamation no.224 series of 1988 declares the first week of March each year as Women’s Week and March 8 as Women’s Rights and International Peace Day. Proclamation no. 227 series of 1998 provided for the continue reading : Juana, ang Tatag mo ay Tatag Natin sa Pagbangon at Pagsulong!

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