Visayas Disaster Response Center ready for use

07/13/2016

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) spearheaded the blessing of the Visayas Disaster Response Center (VDRC). The blessing was officiated by Rev. Dave Christopher Cantillas. It was attended by staff from the…

DSWD marks Disaster Consciousness Month

PR 07/12/2016

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) headed by Regional Director Ma. Evelyn Macapobre recently joined the press conference at the opening activity for the observance of Disaster Consciousness Month. DSWD is the…

DSWD-7 launches second database of poor households

06/29/2016

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) launched its second Listahanan Database for Central Visayas at the Cebu Parklane International Hotel on Monday morning. Formerly known as the National Household Targeting System for…

Robinsons gives better vision to Cebuanos

06/22/2016

“HELP provide a better vision to indigent Filipinos nationwide.” This is the message that Robinsons Malls imparted to Cebuanos during the Cebu leg of Robinsons Malls’ The Gift of Sight. With the support of the Department of…

DSWD: 380K Pantawid children to enroll this year

06/21/2016

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Central Visayas was expecting around 380,000 Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program children beneficiaries aged 3-18 to enroll this year in the provinces of Cebu, Bohol and Siquijor. A total…

Pantawid mothers open sari-sari store in Cordova

06/01/2016

Pantawid Pamilya mothers in Barangay Dapitan in Cordova town, Mactan Island recently opened a general merchandise store with the aid of the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP). SLP is one of the poverty alleviation programs of the Department…

DSWD trains teachers on youth dev’t session

05/27/2016

TO strengthen the implementation of the Youth Development Session (YDS), the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD 7) is training teachers and volunteer facilitators to help address adolescence issues. YDS is the parallel…

Disaster response center opens in Cebu

Carmel Loise Matus 04/28/2016

A regional hub for its relief operations was inaugurated yesterday morning by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) together with the World Food Program (WFP) Philippines. The Visayas Disaster Response Center located in Barangay Casuntingan,…

Jobs await city’s street dwellers

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/11/2016

Street dwellers in Cebu City won’t have to sleep on the sidewalks anymore as the city government is planning to employ them as construction workers. Isabelita “Betty” Ganub, head of the Cebu City Anti-Mendicancy Office, said they…

DSWD to install help desk at Eucharistic congress

PR 01/21/2016

AS the Archdiocese of Cebu wraps up its preparations for the 51st International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) that will officially start on January 24, the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD 7) has also…

Cebu City uses poor database to serve PWDs

PR 01/19/2016

THE Cebu City government has tapped the Listahanan database of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to better serve persons with disabilities (PWDs). The city’s Department of Social Welfare Services (DSWS) is currently serving 10,168…

DSWD seeks child’s parents

01/10/2016

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas is seeking the public’s assistance in locating the parents and relatives of an abandoned baby boy. The baby boy, estimated to be a week old, was left…

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