The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office III has prepositioned relief goods to the five (5) provinces of Central Luzon in support of the local government’s disaster relief operations.

DSWD Field Office III Director Adelina S. Apostol said that 6,200 family food packs were prepositioned to the Provincial Action Teams of Aurora (2,000 packs); Bataan (200); Bulacan (1,000); Tarlac (1,000); and Zambales (2,000). The DSWD also provided 17,100 cans ready to eat food (RTEF), 6,012 bottled water, 1,000 family kits, and 200 sleeping kits.

As of 8:00 A.M. today, typhoon Glenda has affected 398 families with 1,372 persons in six (6) municipalities from the five (5) provinces of the region.

Nine evacuation centers were set-up with 398 families or 1,372 persons from Aurora (3); Bataan (1); Bulacan (2); Pampanga (1); and Zambales (2).

As part of the disaster preparedness, Assistant Regional Director Irene C. Crespo has convened all the quick response teams (QRT) for update of weather conditions and possible effects of typhoon ‘Glenda’.

The Field Office, with the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) in Region III, is in close coordination with the local DRRMC at the provincial and municipal levels of the affected towns. ### (Evelyn T. Manalo) July 16, 2014

Regional Director Adelina S. Apostol of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office III welcomes participants and guests for the showing of entries of Cine Pamilya 2014. The Festival is a way of encapsulating the efforts that workers do in the agency to show the lives of the beneficiaries as a living testament of how the agency evolves as a public service organization. The showcase of entries is a part of the DSWD Multi-Sectoral Governance Coalition (MSGC) Technical Planning cum Sensing Journey to a Convergence Area at Subic Bay Travelers Hotel, SBMA, Olongapo City.

Deputy National Program Manager Alexander Glova discusses the salient features of the Kalahi-CIDSS – National Community Driven Development Program during the orientation participated by the officials of the three targeted municipalities (Gen. Natividad, Quezon, Talugtug, Nueva Ecija). [/caption]

At least three municipalities in the Province of Nueva Ecija are now beneficiaries of the Kalahi-CIDSS-National Community Driven Development Program, Director Adelina S. Apostol of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office III (DSWD FO III) said during the project orientation held recently in Angeles City.

The block grants from KC-NCDDP amounting P37.9-million will fund various development projects in the municipalities of General Mamerto Natividad, Quezon and Talugtug, Apostol added.
In his presentation, Deputy National Program Manager Alexander Glova said that Cycle 1 of the project will benefit some 94,671 households in the 64 barangays in the three target municipalities.

KC-NCDDP, a poverty alleviation program of the National Government implemented by the DSWD, is supported by the Philippine Development Plan (2011-2016). The expansion into a national scale of the operations of community driven development (CDD) was approved on January 18, 2013. The strategy has been tried and proven effective in Kalahi-CIDDS (Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services), the parent project of KC-NCDDP.

KC-NCDDP aims to empower local communities, improve local governance, and reduce poverty by providing funds for community infrastructure, common service facilities and capability building. The Project is designed to enable the poor to participate in community development.

To be implemented by the DSWD and the local government units, KC-NCDDP will enable the communities of targeted municipalities become empowered to achieve improved access to services and to participate in more inclusive local planning, budgeting, and implementation.

What makes the project unique Apostol stressed is that it is corruption free because the grant goes straight from the DSWD Central Office to the community bank account. Every peso spent on the project is reported through a multi-level monitoring system. ### (Evelyn T. Manalo)

At least three municipalities in the Province of Nueva Ecija are now beneficiaries of the Kalahi-CIDSS-National Community Driven Development Program, Director Adelina S. Apostol of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office III (DSWD FO III) said during the project orientation held recently in Angeles City.

The block grants from KC-NCDDP amounting P37.9-million will fund various development projects in the municipalities of General Mamerto Natividad, Quezon and Talugtug, Apostol added.
In his presentation, Deputy National Program Manager Alexander Glova said that Cycle 1 of the project will benefit some 94,671 households in the 64 barangays in the three target municipalities.

KC-NCDDP, a poverty alleviation program of the National Government implemented by the DSWD, is supported by the Philippine Development Plan (2011-2016). The expansion into a national scale of the operations of community driven development (CDD) was approved on January 18, 2013. The strategy has been tried and proven effective in Kalahi-CIDDS (Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services), the parent project of KC-NCDDP.

KC-NCDDP aims to empower local communities, improve local governance, and reduce poverty by providing funds for community infrastructure, common service facilities and capability building. The Project is designed to enable the poor to participate in community development.

To be implemented by the DSWD and the local government units, KC-NCDDP will enable the communities of targeted municipalities become empowered to achieve improved access to services and to participate in more inclusive local planning, budgeting, and implementation.

What makes the project unique Apostol stressed is that it is corruption free because the grant goes straight from the DSWD Central Office to the community bank account. Every peso spent on the project is reported through a multi-level monitoring system. ### (Evelyn T. Manalo

Around 2,000 participants have celebrated the 32nd Regional Day Care Workers Assembly at SM City, Clarkfield, Angeles City last June 6, 2014. In line with the Presidential Decree 404 of 2003, every first week of June is declared to be Day Care Workers week with this year’s theme of “Karapatan ng mga Day Care Workers Siguraduhin Natin”.