July 17, 2014 Zamboanga City – In celebration of the 36th National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Month, the Department of Social Welfare and Development Regional Office IX participated in the kick-off motorcade and short program organized by the National Council on Disability Affairs held at Zamboanga City Coliseum Tetuan, Zamboanga City on July 17, 2014. continue reading : DSWD IX joins in honouring PWDs
Battling Poverty Through Building Disaster-resilient Communities
Kumalarang, Zamboanga del Sur 06/23/2014 – In recent years, there has been a budding recognition that strengthening resilience to disasters is not only about disaster management but an essential component of all emergency and development programming. Communities with sustainable infrastructures that provide livelihoods, good levels of health care and access to a quality education are continue reading : Battling Poverty Through Building Disaster-resilient Communities
Kalahi-CIDSS: Opening a new frontier for rural education
Zamboanga Sibugay June 18, 2014 – As other children sharpen their pencils, don their backpacks and head back to school, it pains to think that far too many secondary school aged children, there are still thousands in the region cannot enroll in school. These children are generally the poorest of poor, for whom even a free continue reading : Kalahi-CIDSS: Opening a new frontier for rural education
Kalahi-CIDSS IX reaps ausaid award
Zamboanga City 5/27/2014 -The Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) of DSWD IX was given a national recognition as the Development Partner’s choice for its Ausaid implementation in the region. The award signifies the region’s best practices in line with the active participation of stakeholders like BLGU and continue reading : Kalahi-CIDSS IX reaps ausaid award
It’s worth a second chance
The story happened in Barangay Barubuhan, municipality of Sominot in Zamboanga del Norte CIRCA 2011-2012. I, Chona Gorda was then a Deputy Area Coordinator (DAC) in the said area. Currently I am working as the Regional Infrastructure Assistant of Kalahi-CIDSS. I was then the new replacement of an outgoing DAC for the second cycle implementation continue reading : It’s worth a second chance
Monitoring Compliance rate of Children after the armed conflict
September 9, 2013 made a history for Zamboanga City, the armed conflict between the national government and the Misuary faction heightened the alert level of the Zamboangeños. Hundreds of families lost their houses as this was burned during the incident. Amongst the affected barangays were barangay Rio Hondo, Mariki, Sta. Barbara, Sta Catalina, Kasanyangan, Talon continue reading : Monitoring Compliance rate of Children after the armed conflict
Retro Payment: There still lies a silver lining
Across Region 9 there were a total of 2,969 households who received cash grants through Retroactive Payment. These were the beneficiaries who appear in the Pantawid System with No grants or Lack of grants, however upon careful validation, they were found to be compliant with the conditionalities hence Retro payment is being processed. The Grievance continue reading : Retro Payment: There still lies a silver lining
Women IDPs Turn Trash into Treasure
Zamboanga City – While Joaquin Enriquez Memorial Complex (Grandstand) has been in the news for all the wrong reasons — thousand displaced people from the recent standoff, foul smell emanating from camp site caused by sanitation problems; still, there is a community activity that the IDPs are proud of. The women IDPs have come together continue reading : Women IDPs Turn Trash into Treasure
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