Thirteen municipalities in Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga Sibugay provinces have availed of various projects aimed to promote peace and development. The projects were funded by Payapa at MasaganangPamayana, or Pamana, an initiative of the national government through the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process, implemented using the community-driven continue reading : DSWD strengthens peace and development efforts in Zampen through PAMANA projects

More or less one thousand one hundred (1,100) jobseekers flocked for a Job Fair initiated by Sustainable Livelihood Program of Department of Social Welfare and Development held on September 26, 2014 at Zamboanga del Norte Convention and Sports Center, Dipolog City. The said affair is in collaboration with the Public Employment and Service Office (PESO) continue reading : DSWD-SLP organizes jobfair, draw thousand jobseekers

Zamboanga del Norte, October 3, 2014 – As DSWD kicks off its implementation of Kalahi CIDSS-NCDDP, the Area Coordinating Teams of Region IX are currently undergoing the basic training on KC-NCDDP process in Liloy, Zamboanga del Norte. The 10-day training which will run from September 30 to October 9, aims to equip the 216 newly-hired continue reading : KC-NCDDP readies, equips community workers

Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur —- The “bangka” or boat for most people is a mere mode of transportation used to bring people to places only accessible by water. For the people of Barangay Militar,Tukuran in Zamboangadel Sur however, it’s a different story — the boat is their means of livelihood. Militar is a coastal barangay continue reading : Sailing through change

Zamboanga City August 29, 2014 – 104 community development workers have just undergone the Pre-deployment orientation of Kalahi CIDSS NCDDP of DSWD in Zamboanga City which started last August 27. The pre-deployment orientation is geared at providing the newly hired staff with the necessary information regarding community works in the municipalities they will be positioned continue reading : Hundred community workers set for deployment

Four families across Zamboanga Peninsula have gathered in one fitting event to vie for this year’s Huwarang Pantawid Pamilya search. The families of Mr. and Mrs. Renato Gituayan from Labangan,Zamboanga Del Sur; Mr. and Mrs. DarioPonce from Rizal, Zamboanga del Norte; Mr. and Mrs. Ereneo Carumba from Zamboanga Sibugay and Mr. and Mrs.Ruben Abdurasid from continue reading : Family-beneficiaries gather for ‘Huwarang Pantawid Pamilya’ regional search

DSWD IX conducts LGU forum on KC-NCDDP Dipolog City August 12, 2014 – The Regional Program Management Office of Kalahi CIDSS (Kapit-bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services)-NCDDP (National Community Driven Development Program) DSWD Field Office IX is currently conducting the Municipal Local Government Unit Forum on conditions and precedents of continue reading : DSWD IX conducts LGU forum on KC-NCDDP

In preparation of the implementation of Grassroots Participatory Budgeting Process or what was known before as the Bottom-Up Budgeting, the Local Government Unit and Municipal Coordinating Team (MCT) of Pitogo, Zamboanga del Sur gathered together for the Financial Management System and Project Procurement Process Training. The 2-day training, which was held on July 24 and continue reading : Another municipality to experience grassroots level budgeting