The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VI has provided P4-M worth of Family Food Packs (FFPs) to flash-flood affected families in the Province of Negros Occidental. The flash-flood was due to the rains and thunderstorms brought by a Tail-end of a frontal system forecasted by PAG-ASA. The weather disturbance caused flash-floods continue reading : DSWD6 provides P4-M relief assistance to flash-flood victims in Negros Occidental
The town of Balete, Aklan has completed its P13. 6 hospital-like community-based quarantine facilities to cater to the needs of the residents, returning OFWs, and locally stranded Individuals infected with the highly contagious Coronavirus disease. The P13.6 million projects were funded under the Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social continue reading : Balete town completes P13.6M hospital-like quarantine facilities
The town of Pavia, Iloilo has completed its P13. 1 COVID-19 response projects that include a quarantine facility to cater to the needs of the returning OFWs and locally stranded Individuals. The P13.1 million projects were funded under the Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services- Disaster Response Operations continue reading : Pavia completes P13.1M COVID-19 response projects
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
