Officials of the United Children’s Fund (Unicef) led by Fergus Thomas (third from left), Humanitarian Advisor of Department for International Development (DFID) Field Team and Sarah Norton-Saal (fifth from right), Chief of Child Protection Section pose for a souvenir photo with DSWD Assistant Regional Director Joel Galicia (fourth from left), Institutional Development Division Chief Rebecca continue reading : Unicef reviews services for kids after ‘Yolanda’
DSWD6 releases P1.7M livelihood aid to ‘Yolanda’ survivors in Roxas City
ROXAS CITY–At least P1.7 million worth cash assistance was released by the DSWD regional office to fisherfolk who were devastated by Typhoon Yolanda in Roxas City, Capiz. DSWD6 director Ma. Evelyn Macapobre personally distributed the checks, through Capiz 1st District Rep. Antonio del Rosario, to 51 members of the Barra Fisherfolk Association on September 4, continue reading : DSWD6 releases P1.7M livelihood aid to ‘Yolanda’ survivors in Roxas City
World Vision mulls partnership with DSWD
Officials of the World Vision, led by Eriko Akom, Deputy Project Manager (third from right) had a meeting of DSWD regional director Ma. Evelyn B. Macapobre (seated) to discuss possible collaboration in providing assistance to Typhoon Yolanda survivors for them to bring back their lives to normal after the “super typhoon.” Also in photo are continue reading : World Vision mulls partnership with DSWD
Job fair for Negrense held
BAGO City–A job fair was successfully held today (September 2) at Manuel Y. Torres Memorial Cultural Center, Bago City. Jointly conducted by the city government of Bago and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), a total of 737 individuals joined the activity, which carried the theme, “Address the situation of poverty, increase people’s continue reading : Job fair for Negrense held
KALAHI hires 1,192 new staff
KALAHI CIDSS-National Community Driven-Development Program Orientation. The Department of Social Welfare and Development is currently conducting an orientation on the newly hired staff of KALAHI CIDSS- National Community Driven-Development Program in Western Visayas at the regional office. A total of 1,192 staff to include area coordinators, deputy area coordinators, municipal financial analysts and community facilitators continue reading : KALAHI hires 1,192 new staff
DSWD, Iloilo provincial gov’t ink MOA for implementation of P20.4M projects
ILOILO CITY — The Department of Social Welfare and Development signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the Iloilo Provincial Government, formalizing the implementation of the P20.4 million projects funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) of the Australian government. DSWD Regional Director Ma. Evelyn B. Macapobre led the signing of the MOA continue reading : DSWD, Iloilo provincial gov’t ink MOA for implementation of P20.4M projects
Tornado victims get P180T aid
OTON, Iloilo-Victims of tornado which hit this town late last year received P180,000 in Emergency Shelter Assistance (ESA) each from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VI. “I and my family lost our home during the tornado and we had to build a makeshift shelter where we could stay. Now that continue reading : Tornado victims get P180T aid
DSWD releases P862.5M worth of relief goods
ILOILO City – The DSWD6 has already released P862.5 million worth of relief goods for Western Visayas. This amount is equivalent to 1,184,406 food packs. If broken down, Aklan received 173,321 food packs amounting to P56.8 million; Antique, 145,498 food packs amounting to P118.9 million; Capiz, 417,916 packs amounting to P380.6 million; Iloilo, 402,289 food continue reading : DSWD releases P862.5M worth of relief goods
Pantawid Pamilya’s Regional Advisory Committee: Promoting convergence
Romel Dilag of PhilHealth updates the members of the Pantawid Pamilya’s Regional Advisory Committee during a meeting held at the DepEd Regional Office recently. Presently, he said there are more than 1.3 million Philhealth beneficiaries in Region VI and majority of them are identified as poor by the DSWD’s National Household Targeting System for Poverty continue reading : Pantawid Pamilya’s Regional Advisory Committee: Promoting convergence
Yolanda survivors in Iloilo receive rice from Malaysian gov’t
AJUY, Iloilo-A boy kept hugging a bag of rice placed in a bench close to him by his mom. In a distance, another girl was seated on top of the bag guarding her family’s share. Aside from them, many children were seen joining their mothers in receiving the assistance. These scenarios were caught on camera continue reading : Yolanda survivors in Iloilo receive rice from Malaysian gov’t