New opportunities for typhoon relocatees. For people who have been relying on the lake for their livelihood all their life, relocating to a new community is a big challenge. In 2017, residents residing along Sampaloc Lake in San Pablo City, Laguna Province were relocated to Brgy. San Lucas 2 in the same city. It took continue reading : Moving to a new ‘comfort zone’

LA total of 315 community projects have been implemented in 16 municipalities in Quezon Province under the Department of Social Welfare and Development championed program, the Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) during the year 2018. Among these projects are farm to market roads, water system projects, continue reading : Local communities in Quezon complete 315 projects through Kalahi-CIDSS

A total of 546,013 who are beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program in the CALABARZON Region received education and health assistance for the year 2018. These children belong to the 317,370 households being monitored under the program. Household-beneficiaries of the program receive cash subsidy for the health and education of the children. The subsidy continue reading : 546K children in CALABARZON receive education, health assistance

A total of 693 street children in five localities in CALABARZON Region were provided assistance by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for the year 2018 under the Comprehensive Program for Children and Families at-risk on the streets. Under the program, street children from selected localities in the region are identified and provided continue reading : 693 Street Children in CALABARZON provided assistance

For the year 2018, the Department of Social Welfare and Development conducted a total of 18 public biddings, worth Php145,581,622.19 for the procurement and construction projects in the four residential centers it manages in the Calabarzon Region. Based on the report of DSWD Field Office IV-A, the projects were implemented in the following centers: the continue reading : DSWD Calabarzon completes bidding for Php145M projects in 2018

As part of its strategy to hasten the court proceedings of the cases of its residents-children in conflict with the law, the social workers of the National Training School for Boys (NTSB) facilitated the conduct of on-site hearings for the cases under the Regional Trial Court Branch 43 (Manila). The hearing for these cases mostly continue reading : On-site hearing held in NTSB to hasten court proceedings of CICL cases