The Department of Social Welfare and Development received P10 million additional fund in aid of areas in Western Visayas that will be affected by “Typhoon Ruby’ (international name Hagupit). The P10M is part of the national government’s immediate response to regions that will be hit by the typhoon. The funds is apart from P9.4 million continue reading : DSWD-6 earmarks P19.4 million standby funds for Typhoon Ruby

ILOILO City-The DSWD Field Office VI convened this afternoon its Quick Response Team (DRT), along with its workforce, in preparation for the impending typhoon internationally named “Hagupit.” Presided by regional director Ma. Evelyn B. Macapobre, along with Protective Services Unit head Rosario Sanagustin, all committees involving mobilization of volunteers, data processing and reporting, logistics and continue reading : DSWD6 convenes QRT in preparation for ‘Hagupit’

CONCEPCION, Iloilo-Six hundred residents here yesterday received a total of P18 million in emergency shelter assistance (ESA) from the Department of Social Welfare and Develoment (DSWD). Each receiving P30,000 amount of check, the recipients were prioritized by the Local Government Unit to be prioritized for ESA, considering those with totally damaged houses and are still continue reading : Concepcionanons get P18 million emergency shelter assistance

ILOILO CITY– Two women from the province of Antique proved that they too can excel nationally. The stories of Gloria Juayang, of Barangay Aningalan, and Rosemarie dela Rama, of Barangay Tubudan, both in San Remigio, Antique impressed the judges that made them as top winners for the Individual Enterprise category of the Sustainable Livelihood Program’s continue reading : Antique’s bets win nat’l SLP awards

“It is in fact a part of the function of education to help us escape, not from our own time—for we are bound by that—but from the intellectual and emotional limitations of our time.”- T.S. Eliot THEIRS is a story of struggle, of ending the inter-generational poverty within their family and for every dignity that continue reading : Helping liberate the IPs from poverty thru education

PANAY, Capiz-The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) released P7.7 million on Saturday (November 22, 2014) for residents here whose houses were damaged by typhoon Haiyan locally known Yolanda. The fund was intended for 110 core shelter recipients who each got P70,000 for the construction of their houses. No less than DSWD regional director continue reading : DSWD6 releases P7.7M for Capiz Yolanda survivors

BAYBAY, Roxas City, Capiz-The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) today (November 22, 2014) inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Nations – Habitat and Local Government Units of Capiz and Iloilo for the construction of housing units for survivors of typhoon Haiyan locally known as Yolanda. The project, known as Post continue reading : DSWD inks pact with UN-Habitat, LGUs for Yolanda housing project

By Wenna B. Bendol SAN REMIGIO, ANTIQUE—Fifteen minutes past 4’oclock in the morning. Gloria Juayang, 49, quickly gets out of the bed and proceeds to the kitchen. She fills the kettle with water, puts in on the fire, gets a cup, and readies the mixed powder of ginger and turmeric. While she prepares breakfast for continue reading : Turning ginger and turmeric into gold

ILOILO City-The head of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VI here urged on Monday (November 17) those in the tourism industry to make tourist destinations PWD-friendly. Speaking in front of owners of hotels and restaurants, tourism officers from different provinces, academe representatives, tour guides and transport sector, DSWD regional director continue reading : DSWD: make tourist destinations PWD-friendly