Margery Tadaya lost her job when the food catering service she worked at Iloilo City temporarily closed because of the pandemic. She overcame her unemployment by working as a laborer in the Kalahi-CIDSS project. Margery, along with five other women were hired as laborers in the fabrication of 177 handwashing facilities and installation of canopies continue reading : Overcoming unemployment through Kalahi-CIDSS
ALIMODIAN Mayor Geefree Alonsabe cited the great contribution of community volunteers in the completion of the P2.8 million COVID-19 related projects in his town. Alonsabe expressed his appreciation during the recent turn-over of Kalahi-CIDSS projects at Barangay Bulod and Taban Manguining. The projects in Bulod amounted to P1.4 million and will benefit more than 8,000 continue reading : Mayor Alonsabe cited community volunteers’ contribution
LA CASTILLANA, Negros Occidental – Most of the people working on a daily basis salary had lost their jobs due to the pandemic caused by COVID-19. However, it seems that everyone is so ‘madiskarte’ o resourceful during this time as they find ways how to easily cope-up. This might not directly happen to Liquez family continue reading : Resourcefulness is the family’s economic security
DSWD6 LISTAHANAN now accepts complaints re: List of poor names Since the initial lists of poor households have been posted in conspicuous places in all barangays in the region, DSWD6 Listahanan has also started accepting complaints and appeals of the public in Western Visayas. “This is part of the Validation and Finalization Phase of the continue reading : DSWD6 LISTAHANAN now accepts complaints re: List of poor names
Tubungan Mayor Roquito Tacsagon has asked for the support of legislators in the institutionalization of the Community-Driven Development approach in implementing poverty alleviation programs in rural areas. Tacsagon made his appeal during the turn-over of a quarantine facility in Barangay Male. The quarantine facility with communication equipment and medical amenities is only one of the continue reading : Tubungan mayor calls for legislators support on CDD institutionalization
Culasi Municipal Planning and Development Coordinator Sylvia Malacad believes the town was given greater opportunities to develop with the Community-Driven Development approach enforced by Kalahi-CIDSS. Malacad assumed as the Municipal Area Coordinator from 2012 to 2017. The responsibility was an added task for her. “The program promotes transparency, accountability, empowerment, and participation which the local continue reading : Kalahi-CIDSS brings development to Culasi
Community volunteer Josephine Dimamay has been doing volunteer works for Kalahi-CIDSS for almost eight years. Her effort was compensated with self-worth and respect from the community. Dimamay, 54 began her volunteer works in 2012 up to the present as the Barangay Sub-Project Management Committee chairperson in Barangay Lipata, Culasi, Antique. Triggered by the need for continue reading : Volunteerism raises self-worth
Municipal Agriculture Officer Amancio Estolloso strongly believes the Community-Driven Development approach used by Kalahi-CIDSS in implementing its project has made a “great transformation to the government system in Culasi.” Estolloso’s statement was in response to the recent achievement of the local government unit when it adopted the Community-Driven Development approach in implementing its community projects continue reading : Kalahi-CIDSS transforms government system in Culasi
CAUAYAN, Negros Occidental – Perseverance is always the couple’s capital in investing for the education of their seven children. For couple Judy and Cristina Millendez of Brgy. Guiljungan, Cauayan, Negros Occidental, education is one of the keys to improving their living condition and the quality of life they are wishing for their children in the continue reading : Couple’s perseverance makes four children professionals
A total of 67 chilldren with cerebral palsy received customized wheelchairs from DSWD Field Office VI recently. “We are happy to provide this resource augmentation through wheelchairs to these kids. Every Person with Disability deserves to have better accessibility and mobility wherever they go to ensure their mainstreaming in the society,” said Asst. Regional Director continue reading : CUSTOMIZED WHEELCHAIRS FOR PWD CHILDREN.