21 May 2013
Tacloban City- “Although we take the lead, we cannot do it alone.” Regional Director Remia Tapispisan of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) stated during the Regional Inter-Agency Partnership Forum of the Sustainable Livelihood Program at the Leyte Park Hotel today, May 17, 2013. Director Tapispisan expressed gratitude to the participants in taking [...]
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07 May 2013
The Community-Driven Development (CDD) approach being used in the implementation of the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) will now become a National Community-Driven Development Program (NCDDP) of the government in its fight against poverty. NCDDP aims to provide poor communities access to services and increase their participation in a [...]
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15 April 2013
How do you best handle work-related stress? At the Department of Social Welfare and Development, the nature of work demands that employees respond quickly to disasters, provides service to address social issues and commits to improve the situation of the poor and marginalized sector in the country. Everyone has their fair share of stress and [...]
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15 April 2013
“Kababaihan Katuwang ng Bayan sa Paglutas ng Kahirapan Tungo sa Magandang Kinabukasan.” This slogan was made by a parent-leader of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (Pantrawid Pamilya) during the Slogan-Making Contest in celebration of Women’s Month, her entry bagged first place. Gadeza Ligutan, 32, is an active Pantawid Pamilya parent-leader from Brgy. 95-Caibaan, Tacloban City. She [...]
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12 April 2013
As much as the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) communicates widely to reach vast audience on the anti-EPAL (credit-grabbing personalities) campaign called the “Bawal Ang Epal Dito”, Civil Society Organizations (CSO) from the province of Northern Samar eagerly expressed support to intensify their advocacy efforts during the CSO Forum held at the Pantawid [...]
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05 April 2013
Gone are those days wherein women were only focused in their homes and family, doing household chores, attending to her husband and kids’ needs. Women, Filipino women in particular, nowadays have largely been acknowledged in their roles in the society: whether in arts, politics, administrative or office works, engineering or architectural jobs, or even in [...]
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05 April 2013
For the first quarter of this year, livelihood associations of the DSWD’s Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) have reached their sales from their micro-enterprises to some Php 103,958.00, from three trade fairs organized by the agency. The DSWD – assisted Samahan ng Kababaihan SEA-K (Self-Employment Assistance – Kaunlaran) Association of Barangay Cabay in Balangkayan, Eastern Samar, [...]
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04 April 2013
Have you been actively participating in youth programs in your community for the last two years or more ? Here’s a chance for you to join in a cultural exchange program on board a ship that will tour in Southeast Asia ! The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is inviting youth leaders, aged [...]
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