Since the eruption of Mt. Kanlaon on December 9, 2024, DSWD Field Office 7 has deployed three batches of Quick Response Teams to Canlaon City, Negros Oriental, to support Mt. Kanlaon alert level 3 response operations. According to PHIVOLCS, Mt. Kanlaon has been continuously displaying seismic activity, raising its alert status to Level 3, which continue reading : Mt. Kanlaon Alert Level 3 Response Operations
To continuously strengthen knowledge and understanding of the program, the Regional Program Management Office (RPMO) of Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program under the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 7 – Central Visayas conducted a year-end assessment and planning workshop on the same date in Cebu City. All program staff, including those deployed in continue reading : Tara, Basa! Holds Year-End Assessment and Planning Workshop
As dark clouds billow from the majestic peak of Mt. Kanlaon, residents of this city grapple with fear and uncertainty. The Mt. Kanlaon volcano eruption on December 9, 2024, forced families to leave their homes. In the eye of this calamity, valiant and dedicated social workers of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continue reading : Resilience in Action: DSWD 7 QRT members Support Evacuees Amidst Mt. Kanlaon Eruption
The Camp Coordination and Camp Management (CCCM) staff of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 7 organize activities in Canlaon City evacuation centers to support Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). These activities include card-making, storytelling, film screenings, and Zumba classes to keep the IDPs engaged and help them cope with the stress resulting continue reading : DSWD 7-CCCM provides psychosocial support to the IDPs inside the Evacuation Camps
The Quick Response Team 3 of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, led by QRT Vice-Chairperson for Operations Juanito C. Cantero, has distributed Food and Non-Food Items (FNFIs) valued at Php 76,284.00 to nine Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Camps 1, 2, and 8. These nine IDPs had to leave their homes because they continue reading : DSWD provides FNFIs to additional IDPs in Canlaon