President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. led the distribution of various government assistance programs, including the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations (AICS), on February 27, 2023, at the Mandaue City Cultural and Sports Complex. A total of 700 recipients from Cebu City, Mandaue City, and Lapu-Lapu City received continue reading : PBBM leads the distribution of AICS and other government assistance
The Reception and Study Center for Children (RSCC) recently celebrated its 40th founding anniversary by honoring its partners and former center heads. DSWD-7 Regional Director Shalaine Marie Lucero, also a former center head of RSCC, commended its various partners and donors for making RSCC not just a center but a home for the children. “From continue reading : RSCC celebrates its 40th anniversary
The local government unit of Catigbian in Bohol has minimal capital to construct isolation facilities and purchase communication devices for grassroots community workers. Through their engagement with the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS), they have received community projects that will manage solutions to these needs. On January 27, continue reading : BHWs, ‘tanods,’ receive handheld radios, isolation facilities from KALAHI-CIDSS
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VII starts off the registration of potential Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries in the different areas in the Central Visayas region. After the posting of the master list in the barangay, the potential 4Ps beneficiaries were advised to prepare the required documents like a continue reading : DSWD-7 starts registration of 4Ps Set 12 beneficiaries
The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) program served 32,336 PWD beneficiaries from 129 LGUs in Central Visayas through a cash-for-work program for persons with disabilities, releasing a total of Php 128.6 million in cash. With the theme “BUHAYnihan: Buhay at Bayanihan para continue reading : 32k PWDs in Central Visayas benefitted from DSWD’s cash-for-work program
Communities in Lila, Bohol, received projects from the Kapangyarihan at Kaunlaran sa Barangay (KKB) modality of the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS). This is a program of DSWD that helps poor municipalities improve their livelihoods as well as address the lack of access to basic social services. The continue reading : Lila receives P16.9M worth of projects from KALAHI-CIDSS, advocates ‘pagtinabangay’
The Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) successfully inaugurated the projects of five (5) sustainable livelihood associations (SLPAs) under the Zero Hunger-Program Convergence Budgeting Projects (PCB) no. 8, the Urban Poor Livelihood and Initiatives for the Transformative Change (UPLIFT-Change) for Community-Based Organizations. The five associations are San Pio-SLPA from Talisay City, Sitio Lub-ang Pangkabuhayan-SLPA in Mandaue City, continue reading : Zero Hunger Program inaugurates projects of 5 associations in Cebu province
The Associated Labor Unions-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (ALU-TUCP) partnered with the Area Vocational Rehabilitation Center II (AVRC II) to conduct Hilot Wellness Massage training for 24 clients and one staff member. All of them passed the Hilot Wellness Massage National Certificate II (NC II) assessment conducted on January 9–11, 2023. The training of continue reading : ALU-TUCP-trained AVRC II Clients get 100% passing rate in hilot wellness massage National Certificate II
“Nindot kining gihatag nila kanamo nga opportunity sa pag-apil niining Suroy Suroy Sugbo. Nakahalin gyud mi og nakakuha og idea unsa ang pwede namong himoon nga mga produkto dugang sa among tinda (The program has given us a good opportunity to experience this kind of activity, the Suroy Suroy Sugbo. It has given us the continue reading : SLP beneficiaries showcased in Suroy Suroy Sugbo
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VII started posting the master list of potential Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries in the different areas in the Central Visayas region. The City and Municipal Action Team (C/MAT), composed of DSWD-7 staff from different programs, including the 4Ps City and Municipal Links (C/MLs), continue reading : DSWD-7 posts lists of potential 4Ps beneficiaries