The Department of Social Welfare and Development field office VI celebrates its 65th anniversary at Casa Real, Iloilolast Friday. The highlight of the anniversary celebration included the awarding of the recognition to partners, stakeholders, and employees in helping the Department with the work of caring for the disadvantaged sector. “This is a celebration of working continue reading : DSWD6 celebrates 65th anniv

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VI is reminding parents to ensure the safety of their children particularly from sexual abuse. “Sexual abuse among children could curtail their growth and traumatize them. Thus, we call on parents to be extra vigilant,” said Rebecca Geamala, regional director. Geamala issued this statement as continue reading : DSWD6 reminds parents to protect kids from sexual abuse

Around 418 Indigenous People (IP) families who are living in Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas (GIDA) in Western Visayas availed of livelihood projects from the Department of Social Welfare and Development 6 (DSWD-6) recently. A total of P 33.2 million was release for the said project. MCCT focal person Shella Mae Lastimosa said most beneficiaries continue reading : Pantawid ‘isolated’ IP families avail livelihood

Lahat tayo ay may kanya-kanyang karanasan sa buhay. Minsan nga gusto na nating sumuko dahil wala tayong makakapitan at dahil rin wala na tayong pag-asa. Pero sa huli na lang natin malalman na may pag-asa pa pala tayo para mag-bago,dahil may taong nagparamdam na importante tayo sa mundo. Ngayon ikwekwento ko kung sino ako at continue reading : DSWD ang naging Pag-asa ko

Do you have a big heart for children? The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VI is calling couples interested to adopt children . “There are children needing permanent families. Couples, in fact even singles, for as long as there is a mother or father figure, could apply as Prospective Adoptive Parents,” continue reading : DSWD urges childless couples to adopt a child

My younger son Elexer James was just nine years old since he last saw his father. Five years have passed by now but we cannot still forget the pain much more with Elexer James, my fourth child among my five children. He was just in grade two that time but he saw our agony when continue reading : Solo mother supports son to be engineer (A story told by beneficiary Jocelyn Baylon of San Rafael, Iloilo)

ILOILO Province bested all other provinces in the country in the 2015 GawadListahanan awards of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The province of Iloilo received a P50, 000 cash prize in the awarding ceremony in today’s awarding ceremony in Makati City. After being selected as the 2014 Provincial Category entry of Western continue reading : Iloilo wins in nat’l search for 2nd Gawad Listahanan

Roel (not his real name), 17, should be in school but has been attending weekly sessions with social workers. He is also working with his father doing painting jobs to help his family earn a living. Slowly, he has been struggling to recover from a life-changing mistake. Roel was detained in a prison facility for continue reading : DSWD, UNICEF help `Roel’ find direction

Ako po ay si Catherine Pabora, Social Worker, na nakapagtrabaho sa DSWD- UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Education Fund) sa Maayon, Capiz sa nakaraang taon. Sa aking trabaho, Natunghayan ko ang dalawang buhay na hindi ko malilimutan dahil ako mismo ay naging parte ng kanilang buhay. Kwento ito ng dalawang bata na naging biktima ng Bagyong continue reading : Buhay social worker: instrumento para sa pagbabago

AN Ilongga social worker now heads the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Western Visayas. Rebecca Palma- Geamala, formerly Assistant Regional Director for Operations (ARDO), has assumed as the new regional director of the agency effective January 4, 2016. Geamala, a social worker by profession, is a native of Iloilo City. She replaced continue reading : Ilongga social worker is new DSWD6 head