The day when Yolanda made world headlines as the year’s super typhoon, Jade Paredes of Botongan, Estancia, a Pantawid Pamilya beneficiary, together with her husband and her six children was stuck inside their house near the seaside. They were just eating breakfast when the small carinderia beside their house that she just established this year continue reading : A Pantawid Mother’s Instinct
An early Christmas surprise
While everyone was busy preparing their lunch in the “tent city” of Estancia, Iloilo where hundreds of families evacuated from their oil-spilled communities, a solo parent mother of two, got the biggest surprise of her life. Felimel Yamson and her two boys were eating lunch with DSWD Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman and DILG Secretary Mar continue reading : An early Christmas surprise
DSWD to implement P5.2M cash for work program
A P5 MILLION-WORTH cash for work program will be first implemented by DSWD6 for victims of typhoon Yolanda in Western Visayas. “While we are awaiting for the approval of the P2.6 billion proposal for relief operations and rehabilitation, we are already preparing to implement the cash for work program which now has funding,” said regional continue reading : DSWD to implement P5.2M cash for work program
DSWD sets up text hotline for complaints on delivery of aid
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Field Office VI has activated its text hotline to entertain messages of complaints from typhoon affected families that were not reached by the relief assistance. DSWD Text Hotline is activated and ready to receive complaints, reports on assistance needed and other feedback on the ongoing relief operations continue reading : DSWD sets up text hotline for complaints on delivery of aid
DSWD releases more than P100M aid
THE Department of Social Welfare and Development has already released more than P110 million worth of family packs to typhoon-stricken municipalities in its relief effort all over the region. As of November 22, the total number of food packs distributed to typhoon-affected families numbered to 380,505, with a total cost of P100,303,991 The figure covers continue reading : DSWD releases more than P100M aid
Former PBA player joins thousands of volunteers
Everyone was staring and asking who he was. He was a crowd drawer at the Iloilo Sports Complex repacking station last Monday. He was no less than the former PBA player Roy Deles. His star on the basketball arena may have stopped shining but his will-power to help fellow Ilonggos never ceased. A star on continue reading : Former PBA player joins thousands of volunteers
Korean government donates P5.6M worth of food, supplies for typhoon victims
Korean government donates P5.6M worth of food, supplies for typhoon victims. The Korean government turned over $130,000 or P5.59 million worth of food packs and family tents for victims of typhoon Yolanda in Iloilo province. Specifically, the donation included 120 family tents, 160 blankets, 9,093 chicken fried rice and 3,860 chicken fried rice with auto continue reading : Korean government donates P5.6M worth of food, supplies for typhoon victims
DSWD’s assistance for typhoon victims reaches P91M
THE Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office VI (DSWD6) has already released a total of P91.7 million worth of assistance for victims of super typhoon Yolanda. As of November 21, data of DSWD6 showed that the bulk of assistance in the form of relief goods was given to municipalities in the province of continue reading : DSWD’s assistance for typhoon victims reaches P91M
More than 332,000 family packs distributed to typhoon survivors
THE Department of Social Welfare and Development regional office here has already released more than P87 milllion for relief assistance to typhoon survivors in Western Visayas. As of this writing, records of DSWD6 show that a total of 332,855 were already served with family packs, or 58 percent of the total 575,200 registered affected families continue reading : More than 332,000 family packs distributed to typhoon survivors
(The following is DSWD’s answer to the article published in the front page of the Philippine Daily Inquirer on November 20, 2013)
Thank you for bringing to the public’s attention the plight of the typhoon victims in Capiz and Antique through the story titled, “Victims in Antique, Capiz cry for help,” published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on November 20, 2013. Indeed, while the rest of the country is focused on Tacloban, there’s a great portion of continue reading : (The following is DSWD’s answer to the article published in the front page of the Philippine Daily Inquirer on November 20, 2013)