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LOOK WHAT GREW IN OUR BACKYARDS!

Tuesday, 27 July 2010 04:01 |

It’s just a small step, yet builds disciplined people, strong households and stable communities, and creates economic lifeboats as well!

With gardening as part of the program requirement, and a productive means in spending free time, the beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4P’s) had come to realized that it is indeed a practical answer to some of their basic needs. Never had it crossed their minds that they could get hours of relaxation and enjoyment, a feeling of accomplishment, and fresh and nutritious food from their own backyards.

Catubig, is identified as one of the potential site for developing an intensive rice-producing area in Northern Samar. In this locality, be it a big or small house has spacious lot which is fitting for gardening. It made easy for the residents of Brgy 1 Poblacion to comply with the additional food requirements because they already have their pieces of land good for growing vegetables and crops.

DISASTER PREPAREDNESS MEASURES FOR REGION EIGHT BARED

Saturday, 24 July 2010 06:30 |

Whether typhoon months or not, Region Eight has a good reason to be ready all the time. Major disasters that struck the region in the past taught one crucial lesson – be prepared.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Eight, which chairs the Relief and Rehabilitation Committee of the Regional Disaster Coordinating Council (RDCC) and rests on a new mandate, has developed measures to prevent or minimize the effects of disasters, at the start of the year.

“ With the devolution of most of social welfare programs and services to the Local Government Units, the Department positions itself as technical assistance provider and resource augmenter,” DSWD Field Office Eight Director Leticia Corillo said, adding that though the LGUs are at the frontline, the agency has all the more assumed a bigger role than ever before.

Pauline Nadera, focal person for the disaster program in the region, reported that for the year, “we are aiming to cover all disaster – prone areas in the conduct of the Family and Community Disaster Preparedness (FCDP) trainings to capacitate community leaders and volunteers.”

She revealed that on January 5 to 7 of this year, the Field Office has extended technical assistance to the City Social Welfare and Development Office of Tacloban in a FCDP training.

When Community Driven Development and Civil Engineering Meet

Thursday, 22 July 2010 01:59 |

Simple. That’s how onlookers can describe the number one need of Brgy. San Miguel in Hernani, Eastern Samar. The people want potable water and they want it fast. In the sitios, the same problem hounded the residents for years and it is a pity that the situation had to become a way of life when something could have been done about it “decades” ago.