Over the past ten months, the cases of the COVID-19 pandemic skyrocketed all over the world. It has disrupted the way people live. However, the effects of the pandemic to the people living with disability is far more concerning. Accordingly, persons with disabilities (PWD) are disproportionately impacted due to attitudinal, environmental, and institutional barriers continue reading : Assistive Devices: Enabling Persons with Disabilities
The Philippines’ ever-growing social and economic problems are considered the major causes of the rising number of abandoned Filipino children. According to UNICEF, almost 10,000 children become orphan every day. Given the fact that there are other out of sight conditions resulting to some shortfalls in calculating the accurate statistics of abandoned children, leads to continue reading : Finding new hope: foundling enjoys benefits of foster care
Many times she thought of quitting…but she didn’t. At present, Bae Teresita Pinao, 62, a member of Mamanwa tribe, is the senior citizen president in Barangay Maraiging, Jabonga, Agusan del Norte, and the same time a barangay health worker for the indigenous peoples. The wife of tribal leader Datu Virgilio Pinao, a mother to eight continue reading : Sharing the seeds of CDD
As the world faces the COVID-19 pandemic, most communities are affected by it. As if the world stopped, community quarantines were imposed by different Local Government Units; people started to lose their jobs. Livelihood across the Philippines is greatly affected by the pandemic. This problem is not foreign to the small town of Bayabas. continue reading : Bayabas Town: Champion on environmental preservation
Climate Change has been felt all over the world, but the Philippines is one of the countries most affected by it. According to the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration or PAGASA, the warming of the climate system since the mid-20th century is due to human activities. It includes the increase of greenhouse gas continue reading : Barangay Sua: A decade of mangrove preservation
Scared, Unsure, Distressed—these are just some of the feelings or emotions that most of people are having since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Businesses have been closed, government offices operations put to a halt, just to secure the safety of its employees and minimize the probability of the virus to spread in the community. continue reading : DSWD front liners avail stress debriefing sessions
“Speak to your children as if they are the wisest, kindest, most beautiful and magical humans on Earth. For what they believe is what they’ll become.”- Brook Hampton The Regional Rehabilitation Center for Youth (RRCY) Caraga, a Residential Care Facility of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Caraga, located in Prosperidad, continue reading : RRCY Caraga- a safe haven for children in conflict with the law
Simultaneous to the conduct of second semester payout to beneficiaries of the Social Pension Program for Indigent Senior Citizens in Magallanes, Agusan del Norte, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) also conducted a modified information caravan to strengthen advocacy on the agency’s programs and services to the residents last July 23, 2020. continue reading : DSWD reaches out to remote village in Magallanes