In celebration of its 66th founding anniversary, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VII kicked off its weeklong festivity with a livelihood fair and quiz bee yesterday. The livelihood fair is made possible through the efforts of the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) where different products from Bohol, Cebu, and Siquijor are continue reading : DSWD-7 kicks-off 66th anniversary with livelihood fair, quiz bee

A 36-year-old father from Barangay Daanlungsod, Mabini, Bohol will represent Central Visayas for the National Search of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) Modelong Ama after winning the recent regional competition. Joelito Lastimoso is the father of Mark Julius (15), Jhon Denver (12) and Kenshin (9) who are monitored children of 4Ps. He is the husband continue reading : Pa from Mabini competes for Modelong Ama national search

Some 500 Listahanan identified-poor families in Cebu City received the Metrobank Foundation’s Bags of Blessing during the Chinese New Year celebration last Saturday. The Bags of Blessing Project is a nationwide gift-giving project of Metrobank wherein 10,000 bags filled with grocery items worth Php 1,000 was distributed to 10,000 poorest families listed in the DSWD’s continue reading : Poor families receive Metrobank’s Bags of Blessing

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VII Regional Director Ma. Evelyn B. Macapobre joined the first meeting of the Department’s 2017 Management Reorganization Team recently held through teleconferencing. She said, Secretary Judy Taguiwalo recognizes the fast-changing role of the DSWD in achieving the societal goals of the country. “This activity is continue reading : Macapobre joins Management Organization Team meeting

To recognize community models amongst men who champion gender relations in their homes and communities, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VII will be honoring Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) exemplary fathers through the “Modelong Ama ng Pantawid Pamilya” regional search. Modelong Ama ng Pantawid Pamilya aims to rally support from continue reading : DSWD-7 honors Pantawid Pamilya exemplary fathers

To augment the need of Northern Mindanao for more food assistance to calamity victims, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VII has delivered 3,750 food packs to DSWD Field Office X in Cagayan de Oro City. The DSWD-7 started the loading of food packs on Saturday, Jan 21, 2016. The first continue reading : DSWD-7 delivers food packs to Cagayan de Oro

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VII has provided sleeping kits to 69 families on January 19, 2017 in Barangay Sirao, a mountain barangay in Cebu City. These families evacuated their houses after a landslide occurred last Monday triggered by incessant rains. 33 families from Sitio Tawagan II and Sitio Kang-irag continue reading : Landslide evacuees get sleeping kit

Community volunteers of Barangay Angilan and Barangay Esperanza warmly welcomed Pia Peeters and Malou Padua of World Bank. They visited these two (2) barangays of Aloguinsan, Cebu to see for themselves the success of KC in empowering the community volunteers and how they managed to finish their sub-projects. The sub-project in Barangay Angilan is a continue reading : World Bank team meets community volunteers

DSWD-7 Regional Director Ma. Evelyn B. Macapobre met Director Concepcion R. Ornopia, the new regional director of the Office of Civil Defense-7 during the latter’s courtesy call early today. RD Macapobre expressed to RD Ornopia the need for DSWD’s new workers to be trained by OCD on Disaster Preparedness. She also informed the new RD continue reading : RD Macapobre meets new OCD-7 director

The Department of Social Welfare and Development Undersecretary for Institutional Development Mae Fe Templa recently attended a consultation and coordination meeting in Cebu City. Usec. Templa met the team of Dilaab Foundation, Inc. headed by Fr. Carmelo Diola to discuss some Church-based projects for street children and drug surrenderers. She was joined by the team continue reading : DSWD Undersecretary Templa attends consultation meeting