Following the DSWD Cash For Work payout in Barangay Ban-ao in Baganga, mother-beneficiaries fetch potable water from a six-faucet water bladder installed by the International Committee of the Red Cross near the barangay hall. Some 107 men and women participated in the Cash For Work, most of whom are farmers and laborers who are now …

Nursing mothers gather and chat inside a women-friendly space in New Bataan, Compostela Valley Province. A women-friendly space is a designated corner inside an evacuation center or a relocation site that provides internally-displaced persons or disaster victims with a safe ‘space’ to meet, talk and be provided with the much needed psycho-social support. It is …

Alicia Balbin, wife of Mayor Balbin [center] leads the distribution of women’s undergarments and other needs in New Bataan, Compostela Valley. COMPOSTELA VALLEY PROVINCE — The regional office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development recently distributed undergarments and other needs to more than 500 women who were affected by typhoon Pablo in the …

[from left] Governor Corazon N. Malanyaon of Davao Oriental, Usec. Lesley Jeanne Y. Cordero of the Office of the Cabinet Secretary, DSWD Secretary Corazon J. Soliman and Governor Arturo T. Uy of Compostela Valley are all ears to the points raised concerning coverage of all affected population and shelter response during the recent Inter-Cluster Meeting …

Applicants undergo screening for Data Encoders with the DSWD National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTSPR) Unit. A total of 681 came for the hands-on examination and interview on Thursday and Friday. The top 345 applicants will encode the results of the recently-conducted Rapid Assessment on TS Pablo victims. In this particular assessment, DSWD …