Gingoog City – Bradge H. Jumo, representative from the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council recently served as a resource person to discuss on Disaster preparedness to the youth residents of the Regional Rehabilitation Center for Youth (RRCY) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development based in Northern Mindanao. According to Jumo, the continue reading : CDRRMC TRAINS DSWD YOUTH CLIENTS ON DISASTER PREPAREDNESS

Lanao del Norte – 33-year-old Ms. Jobaira P. Daluma knows how frustrating it could be when you play the role of a mother to five children and with a job that can hardly suffice the daily needs of the family. Her children aged 14,10, 9, 8, and 4 and with a husband who also could continue reading : BECAUSE FAITH AND HARDWORK PAY OFF

For Filipinos, it is always heartwarming to know that the government, through its anti-poverty alleviation programs, is sowing needs of hope among poor people to continue working, not giving up, in order to have a better tomorrow. PantawidPamilya is a human development and rights-based program that aims to alleviate poverty through investment in health, education continue reading : A BETTER LIFE FOR A PANTAWID PAMILYA BENEFICIARY

More and more individuals have been served with the DSWD’s Food for Work Program as the Department’s relief efforts for Task Force Yolanda gears up on its 3rd week of operations. The Food for Work Program is intended to aid victims of Typhoon Yolanda all over affected areas in Region 8 in exchange for services continue reading : DSWD’s FOOD FOR WORK A BREATH OF FRESH AIR FOR YOLANDA VICTIMS

After Yolanda hit Tacloban, the Cagabhion family almost decided not to go back to the devastated city. They could not imagine how they were able to escape death. Three days after Yolanda severely hit Tacloban and the rest of Leyte, the Cagabhion familiy were among those who patiently waited in line to get a free continue reading : HOPE AND LIGHT AFTER DARKNESS

TACLOBAN CITY – More and more cities and municipalities are being reached by the relief operations of the Department of Social Welfare and Development by ensuring proper coordination with the different Local Government Units affected by Super Typhoon Yolanda. DSWD is working double time in sending food packs and non-food relief goods (tents, mattresses, mosquito continue reading : DSWD FAST TRACKS RELIEF OPERATION

The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office X has successfully hosted two (2) National Training Workshop held at Cagayan de Oro City, last November 18-22, 2013. The Training-Workshop on Property Records for Equipment Monitoring and Inventory System (PREMIS) was participated by the Luzon Cluster. With an introduction of the newly designed PREMIS, the continue reading : DSWD-X HOSTS TWO NATIONAL MANAGEMENT TRAININGS

“Kanus-a man ta manghawa dinhi, Ma? (when are we leaving, Ma?)” Rasmiah Asi’s five-year-old daughter asked as she was laying her head on her mother’s lap. They were at the bleachers watching her brothers running around the basketball court without any slippers on. “Let just wait for God’s time, dear. (Hulatan lang nato ang panahon continue reading : HOME, NOT WAR