By night, she is a balut vendor, selling duck eggs until the wee hours of night. By day, she is an active member of her community, serving as one of its leaders to help ensure that their village moves toward development. This has been the routine of Jorivic Bautista, a resident of Barangay Dangay, Roxas, Oriental Mindoro, continue reading : Balut vendor helps build school

Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte- Samuel, 45, from Barangay San Rafael in this town, is a simple man who dreams of having a happy life with his family. He is a responsible father to his three children, and a loving husband to his wife, Cecilia.  As he stated, as long as he can provide for the continue reading : The perks of being a Community Volunteer

Sibagat, Agusan del Sur – This is about a group of Manobo women from Sitio Bantolinao of this town who started their own business and made it flourish. They are ordinary Manobo women with no diploma to boast of. All they have is the vision to improve their economic condition by embarking on a group continue reading : Working their way out of poverty

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through its Field Offices, continues to coordinate with social workers of local government units (LGUs) for other appropriate services that need to be provided for the families affected by Typhoon Glenda. As of 4 a.m. today, over 60,000 food packs have been distributed as augmentation support to continue reading : DSWD, LGUs to identify other needs of ‘Glenda’-affected families

For Ma. Luz Necesario’s family, being able to eat three times a day is already an achievement. Luz, 33, can still recall a time in their family’s life when they slept at night with empty stomachs. Her husband Renie, a fisherman, does not always earn enough to even provide food on the table for their continue reading : Bangka, paninda at silid-aralan

The Field Offices of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)  are conducting series of forum to link persons with disabilities (PWDs) to prospective employers. Recently, DSWD-Field Office VII conducted a forum  with various companies such as Dunkin Donuts, Ruiz Derma, Business Process Outsourcing and Force Manpower Services, JobsVille Recruitment Agency,  Support Save Solutions continue reading : DSWD links persons with disabilities to prospective employers

With bad weather from the southwest monsoon enhanced by Typhoon Henry  prevailing in Eastern Visayas, particularly over Biliran province,  the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)  received a report from  Almeria town Mayor Dominador Agahan that 126 families from Sitio Basud evacuated to three evacuation centers in the area. The number is different from continue reading : Evacuees due to bad weather in Biliran now back home

Children sit in groups in small tables, writing and coloring, while their mothers are busy preparing their lunch for the day. This was the scene at Franvile Day Care Center, Barangay 177 in Camarin, North Caloocan one bright morning, where 137 day care children, three to five years old,  are beneficiaries of the Supplementary Feeding continue reading : Feeding program hopes to make 1.7-M kids healthier, brighter

Tanauan, Leyte –Filipinos are known to be resilient, possessing the ability to readily bounce back after experiencing disasters. This was affirmed by World Bank Group (WBG) President Jim Yong Kim during the meeting of various civil society organizations (CSOs), international humanitarian organizations, non-government organizations (NGOs), and local stakeholders held recently in this town. The WBG continue reading : World Bank Group head hails Pinoys' resiliency to cope with disasters