SPO1 Edward C. Mandalunes put a whole new dimension to the traditional police credo, “To serve and protect”, when he decided to serve as one of the volunteers of Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services-National Community-Driven Development Program (KALAHI CIDSS-NCDDP), one of the poverty alleviation programs of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continue reading : Police officer protects, serves through DSWD program

“Masayang-masaya kami kasi ‘yung bigay na tulong e diretso sa amin dito at saka lahat makakatagamtam ng bigas na ‘yun. Saka hindi na nila ako masisisi kasi nandiyan sila sa pagrerepack ng bigas, lahat alam na may anim na kilong bigas ang mga residente dito (We are happy because the goods are directly given to continue reading : Village head sees happy holidays for ‘Ruby’ survivors

A total of 104,365 family food packs; 25,083 sacks of 50-kilogram rice; 3,680 boxes of noodles; 416 boxes of coffee; and, 58 sacks of bottled water have been delivered, as of today, by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) as augmentation assistance to the Typhoon-Ruby hit provinces in Eastern Visayas. These are Eastern continue reading : Relief ops in six E. Visayas provinces continue

CEBU CITY – Various organizations and individuals heeded the call of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for volunteers to help repack relief goods at the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC), Petrone, and Sacred Heart. At the same time business groups have given their support to the disaster relief operations of the Department continue reading : Private sector lends hand in DSWD relief ops

To hasten the distribution of relief goods to families affected by Typhoon Ruby in Eastern Visayas,  the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) established a new hub at the National Food Authority (NFA) warehouse in Borongan, Eastern Samar. The hub will serve the hard- to-reach areas or isolated island-barangays in the province. Military trucks and continue reading : DSWD delivers relief to island-villages in E. Samar

Repacking at the National Resource Operations Center  (NROC) in Pasay City continues to meet the food needs of survivors in CALABARZON and MIMAROPA where Typhoon Ruby also made a landfall. As of press time, NROC released some 5,000 food packs for Region IV-A. Two wing vans and one flatbed truck from the  Land Transportation and continue reading : DSWD brings more goods to CALABARZON, MIMAROPA

Amid road clearing in major thoroughfares to Borongan town in Eastern Samar which was heavily affected by Typhoon Ruby,  staff of  the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)  accompanied five military trucks loaded with rice sacks and food packs for typhoon survivors here. Upon arriving in the town,  they proceeded to five barangays where continue reading : DSWD intensifies food distribution for ‘Ruby’ survivors

In response to the call for volunteers of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), volunteers from all walks of life have started arriving at the National Resource Operations Center (NROC) in Pasay City to help repack goods for survivors of Typhoon Ruby. As of 12:00 noon today, there were 311 volunteers repacking in continue reading : Volunteers troop to DSWD warehouse