In response to negative reports received by the Department of Social Welfare and Development, the Regional Office IX in Zamboanga City gave clarifications regarding the plight of Zamboanga City Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) On cases of Prostitution DSWD 9 Regional Director Zenaida Arevalo said that the Protection Cluster which was organized as early as September continue reading : DSWD reveals efforts on protection, assistance to IDPs
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
Fueling the Hope: The IDPs’ Homecoming
Zamboanga City – Homecoming is one of the best things in the world. It reunites families, relatives, friends and even neighbours who have not seen each other for a long time. It may be an OFW who’s been longing to see his family back home or those returning from military service to spend some precious continue reading : Fueling the Hope: The IDPs’ Homecoming
Kalahi-CIDSS-NCDDP opens 300 jobs
Zamboanga City 4/25/2014 – More than 300 jobs are now being offered by the Department of Social Welfare and Development Region IX. These positions are to fill up the vacancies in Kalahi-CIDSS-NCDDP. The Program needs forty (40) Area Coordinators, thirty five (35) Deputy Area Coordinators, thirty six (36) Municipal Financial Analysts and 236 Community Facilitators continue reading : Kalahi-CIDSS-NCDDP opens 300 jobs
Love knows no place
Love knows no place. Newly wed Faisal and Arpia, both IDPs, show off their prowess in performing the traditional dance, the “Pangalay” after their wedding ceremony in one of the evacuation centers in Zamboanga City. The couple met at the Joaquin Enriquez Sports Complex at the height of the Zamboanga Crisis in September last year. continue reading : Love knows no place
DSWD conducts psychotherapy for kids in EC
As most experts would claim, in any tragic incident, children are the most affected individual. Yet, oftentimes, their needs are disregarded due to their inability to express the need for intervention for their feelings and emotions. Prompted by concern for these ‘silent victims’, the camp management team of the Zamboanga East West Central School evacuation continue reading : DSWD conducts psychotherapy for kids in EC
DSWD IX hires workers to aid validation of SocPen, MCCT beneficiaries
The Department of Social Welfare and Development recently released the authority to hire workers who will validate the indigent senior citizens and families covered by Social Pension and Modified Conditional Cash Transfer for Families in Need of Special Protection (MCCT-FNSP). DSWD Field Office IX through its Listahanan (NHTS-PR) unit have been allotted with 50 slots continue reading : DSWD IX hires workers to aid validation of SocPen, MCCT beneficiaries
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