For months, a skywalk in Cebu City served as a temporary home for 25-year-old William Yulaga, but he is now back with his family, especially enjoying the embrace of his grandmother, who raised him, in Brgy. Sag-Ang, La Castellana, Negros Occidental. On June 14, 2026, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office continue reading : Pag-abot Program brings hope: Yulaga’s journey back home
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 7, through its Disaster Response Management Division (DRMD), immediately mobilized response teams to northern Cebu on August 29, 2026, following the completion of the Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) and Internally Displaced Persons Protection (IDPP) training. The DRMD team proceeded to the island barangay continue reading : DSWD 7 continues to extend food assistance to Habagat-affected families in Northern Cebu
From playing his harmonica on the streets of Cebu City to earn a living for his grandchildren, 68-year-old Ireneo Vidal is now tending his own sari-sari store through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 7’s Pag-abot Program. Tatay Ireneo received livelihood assistance on August 18, 2026, to help him start his continue reading : From Harmonica to Sari-Sari Store: Tatay Ireneo starts anew through Pag-abot
Inside Eugenia Buhayan’s modest home in Barangay Tarong, Madridejos, Cebu, medals, certificates, and photographs of her children’s graduations hang on the wall. To others, they may be mementos of academic achievement. For Eugenia, however, they tell a much deeper story. Each medal represents years of sacrifice. Each graduation photograph brings back memories of the days continue reading : The Buhayan family: Overcoming years of hardship, building a secure life
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 7, through Project LAWA at BINHI, strengthened its partnership with local stakeholders and supported sustainable and resilient agricultural communities through project turnover and ribbon-cutting ceremonies held across 19 project sites in Bilar, Bohol, on August 20–21, 2026. The two-day activity allowed DSWD and its project continue reading : DSWD Field Office 7 strengthens partnerships for resilient, sustainable communities in Bilar
