The Sustainable Livelihood Program conducted a roll-out training on result-based monitoring and evaluation for the 142 project development officers assigned to the different municipalities and cities in the entire region. The training focused on the SLP-developed tools and guidelines to enhance further the field staff’s knowledge and skills in evaluating and monitoring the implemented projects continue reading : SLP trains project development officers to enhance program data collection and monitoring
4Ps family overcome poverty through entrepreneurship
“Bisan pa man nga mohawa na kami sa programa, maningkamot gihapon kami nga magtiayon aron mapadayon ang kalamboan nga among naangkon inubanan sa pagkugi (Even if we will graduate from the program, we will work hard to maintain the progress that we have made coupled with diligence and hard work),” Emelie Ruelo said. Emelie shared continue reading : 4Ps family overcome poverty through entrepreneurship
Unity drives volunteers in Samboan to complete a KALAHI project
Community volunteers in Samboan, Cebu completed another project of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VII in strengthening participatory and improved local governance. Through the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS), the coastal town of Samboan received additional funding to address the needs of their continue reading : Unity drives volunteers in Samboan to complete a KALAHI project
Sugar mill workers receive cash aid from DSWD
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) conducted a distribution of financial assistance to workers who have been on “No Work, No Pay” for a month at a sugar milling company in the northern part of Cebu. Two hundred thirty of the 240 employees from the different departments of this company who have been continue reading : Sugar mill workers receive cash aid from DSWD
DSWD promotes adolescents’ development, safeguards their rights
The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office VII, as an advocate of adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH), provides programs and services that safeguard and develop youth in communities. At the Regional Implementation Team (RIT) VII of the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health (RPRH) Law meeting at the Applied Nutrition Center in Banilad, continue reading : DSWD promotes adolescents’ development, safeguards their rights
DSWD-7 distributes 40.6 Million Livelihood Settlement Grant in Cebu Province
The Sustainable Livelihood Program distributed PHP 40,620,000.00 to 2,708 Cebu province beneficiaries. The 3-day simultaneous payout covered the 2 cities and 11 municipalities in Cebu: Toledo City, Carcar City, Liloan, Minglanilla, Naga, San Fernando, Carcar, Argao, and Alegria, Aloguinsan, Barili, Dumanjug, Pinamungajan, Barili, and Sibonga. The Livelihood Settlement Grant (LSG) is the program’s response to continue reading : DSWD-7 distributes 40.6 Million Livelihood Settlement Grant in Cebu Province
SLP distributes livelihood grants to Odette victim
OIC-Regional Director of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VII Shalaine Marie S. Lucero led the payout for the Livelihood Settlement Grant of the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) in Argao and Carcar City in the province of Cebu. A total of 2,726 beneficiaries across the province will receive Php 15,000 each continue reading : SLP distributes livelihood grants to Odette victim
DSWD-7 leads advocacy against human trafficking
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), as the vice-chairperson of the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking 7-Anti-Child Pornography-Violence Against Women and Children (IACAT 7-ACP-VAWC), led the celebration of the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons with the theme “Use and Abuse of Technology” on 30 July 2022, at SM Seaside, Cebu City. The major continue reading : DSWD-7 leads advocacy against human trafficking
DSWD-7 signs A Memorandum of Agreement with Negros Oriental Volunteer Organizations
As the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 7 (DSWD-7) moves forward in improving and strengthening the provision and delivery of immediate relief assistance to disaster-affected families, it seeks partnership and collaboration with various organizations who are willing to extend help through time and effort in the production of food and non-food items continue reading : DSWD-7 signs A Memorandum of Agreement with Negros Oriental Volunteer Organizations
A 4Ps family: From survival to self-sufficiency
Despite the hardships they have to go through to provide for their family’s needs, James Marimat and Luzviminda Marimat have instilled in their children’s minds the importance of education. “Wala gyud mi nakahuman og eskwela sa akong bana kay gikan pud mi sa pobre nga pamilya mao nga naninguha kami sa akong bana nga makahuman continue reading : A 4Ps family: From survival to self-sufficiency