AJUY, ILOILO – Lolita Panday, 58, clasps her hands as she tries to calm herself. Mixed feelings of anxiety and excitement engulf her as she waits for her name to be called on stage. Lolita just learned that she will be receiving P30,000 worth of check as emergency shelter assistance (ESA) from the government. “This continue reading : Ajuy typhoon survivors receive P9M shelter aid

DSWD Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman promised on Wednesday (November 12) that the payment of emergency shelter assistance (ESA) to those with totally and partially damaged houses when typhoon Yolanda lashed in Western Visayas will be finished by end of January 2015. Soliman emphasized this during her meeting with governors, congressmen and mayors of Panay Island held continue reading : DSWD: payment of ESA to be completed by end of January 2015

By Maricar Calubiran San Agustin is 18 kilometers away from the town proper of Valderrama, and is subdivided by rivers and mountains. In this village live the Indigenous Peoples’ (IP) Group of Iraynon-Bukidnon, one of the two ethnographic groupings – the Ati and Bukidnon, scattered throughout the Western Visayas. These IP groups live in less continue reading : Bringing opportunities for the marginalized sector

A BOY kept rolling his toy train in the newly finished floor. Another was pulling a string attached to his toy truck in his brand new house. In an adjacent abode was a woman who was busy putting wax on her floor. Just a block away, a lady gave a sigh of relief as she continue reading : Post Yolanda: Houses built for Capiznons, Ilonggos

BALASAN, Iloilo- With a house located at the outskirt of Balasan, Iloilo, their community was one of those wrecked by typhoon Yolanda. In Sitio Camote, only one house appeared to have stood the storm and the rest were damaged. Worst, their source of livelihood, which is oyster or talaba culture, was crippled. Fifty-five-year-old Erlina Ramirez, continue reading : Post Yolanda: Erlina begins to earn P600 a day again

IBAJAY, Aklan-Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Undersecretary Mateo Montaño yesterday (November 7) held a dialogue with barangay leaders of Nabas and Ibajay. “DSWD has always aimed of reaching sitios, barangays and villages. We are now realizing this dream as we are reaching all the people even in far-flung and mountainous areas through Pantawid continue reading : DSWD holds community dialogue in Aklan

He brought nothing but only determination in life when he walked away from home to follow his dream to become a policeman. For the very first time that he parted from his family, Wythaniel Armilla of Maravilla St., Brgy. 3, Poblacion, E.B. Magalona in Negros Occidental, never doubted the life waiting for him when he continue reading : Pantawid student grantee walks away from home for a dream

It was her first time to set foot in Manila. It was one of her unforgettable moments. Getting into a trip from Roxas City to Iloilo by bus, taking a van from Iloilo City to the Airport, and boarding a plane from there to the country’s capital. These happened to her like a dream. She continue reading : Capiz child exemplar reminds Filipinos to be resilient

ILOILO CITY — Development partners are satisfied with the way the DSWD is implementing the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) in the country. Director Vincent Andrew Leyson, national project manager of NHTS-PR or Listahanan, revealed that both World Bank (WB) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) expressed satisfaction and said the project is continue reading : Dev’t partners satisfied with Listahanan implementation