“The empowerment of women is the most effective tool for development.” Kofi Annan It is often said that when you empower a woman, you empower a nation. This is a recognition not just of women’s significant impact to community development but also to acknowledge women as crucial agents of positive change for every nation. That continue reading : An empowered woman empowers her countrymen
When pipe dreams become reality
“Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.”- Stephen King Imagine what daily life would be without easy access to clean drinking water. When you have to wake up before sunrise every morning and spend almost an hour treading a muddy, perilous trail just to get to continue reading : When pipe dreams become reality
Vanguards of learning and development
Students of Solomon P. Lozada National High School (SPLNHS) gleefully pose with representatives from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Caraga’s Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) program, together with representatives from co-implementers, the Local Government Unit of Bayabas, Surigao del Sur, during the turn-over and continue reading : Vanguards of learning and development
Kalahi-CIDSS serves as vessel to unite community
SURIGAO DEL SUR – It was a big homerun celebration for Bayabas and all Bayabasnons. The Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services turned over and inaugurated seven (7) PAyapa at MAsaganang PamayaNAn (PAMANA) and two (2) Kalahi-CIDSS Bottom-up Budgeting (BuB) community sub-projects last January 20, 2017. Added mix continue reading : Kalahi-CIDSS serves as vessel to unite community
DSWD Caraga facilitates relief efforts for quake affected areas in Surigao del Norte
SURIGAO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) – Caraga has continued conduct of disaster relief operations recently with the latest 6.7 magnitude earthquake that hit Surigao del Norte last February 10, 2017, causing mild to severe damage on houses and different infrastructures in the province. Sixty-six (66) barangays from Surigao City, continue reading : DSWD Caraga facilitates relief efforts for quake affected areas in Surigao del Norte
New schools for lumad children in Surigao del Sur Town
New schools for lumad children of Sitio Kiskis and Sitio Lamintao, Barangay Siagao, San Miguel, Surigao del Sur are underway as the tribal councils, community volunteers, Kalahi-CIDSS Caraga staffs, local government and education officials recently conducted a ground breaking and lay-outing ceremony on February 6, 2017 at the sites where the schools will be built. continue reading : New schools for lumad children in Surigao del Sur Town
DSWD Caraga facilitates relief efforts after weather disturbance hits region
BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) – Caraga mobilized regional and field staff as continuous rains affected a large part of the region due to the tail-end of the cold front during the weekend. The regional office activated the Quick Response Teams to provide round-the-clock monitoring during disaster operations. The continue reading : DSWD Caraga facilitates relief efforts after weather disturbance hits region
Positively charged community heroes
Community volunteers creatively and confidently dress up their ideal heroes with their branding and symbolic representation of a real community hero from a volunteer’s perspective. As portrayed, these four “heroes” have one thing in common – altruism. Their selfless nature and dedication towards volunteering for the betterment of the community is firm. This activity was continue reading : Positively charged community heroes