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LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Mayo 20 (PIA) -- Bubuksan na sa mga huling araw ng Mayo o mga unang araw ng Hunyo ang isang water purifying station sa Barangay D’Lotilla sa bayan ng Isulan, Sultan Kudarat.
Ito ang kauna-unahang water purifying project na ipinatupad ng Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) sa buong bansa, ayon kay DSWD 12 assistant regional director Gemma Rivera.
Kalimitan mga kalsada, day care center, health center, patubig, silid-aralan ang pinaplano at ipinatutupad ng mga lokal na pamahalaan na benepisyaryo ...
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29Apr2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, April 29 (PIA) -- Students and teachers of a public high school in a remote barangay in Libungan, North Cotabato will have a more comfortable learning environment this coming June with the construction and completion of a new classroom building. The construction of the new classroom in Padura-Espabo High school in Barangay Montay started last May 2012 and was finished in February this year. The project is implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and Devel...
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25Apr2013CEBU CITY, April 24 (PIA) -- The dream of having access to clean water has become a reality for a barangay in Vallehermoso, Negros Oriental after the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region 7 inaugurated a water system project in Brgy. Bairan earlier this month. The Bairan Level II (RAM pump-driven) water system sub-project at Brgy. Bairan costs over P1.5M. It will directly benefit 110 households in the community and the neighborhood. Getting water from a source in an upl...
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23Apr2013CEBU CITY, April 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Local Government Unit of Dauin in Negros Oriental turned over recently to the community a day care centre through the Community-Driven Development (CDD) technology. The day care center was set up in Barangay Libjo, Dauin. CDD harnesses the potential of people in the barangay to analyze their situations, identify their problems and issues in their communities and propose small-scale projects. CDD is ...
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18Apr2013CEBU CITY, April 18 (PIA) --- Information Officers (IOs) from 11 towns in Negros Oriental recently gathered in Dumaguete City for an advocacy planning workshop for communication strategies on how to promote anti-poverty projects. The workshop was held by Department of Social and Welfare Development (DSWD-7) with the aim of promoting the Community-Driven Development (CDD) approach of the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Integrated and Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) Project. Durin...
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06Apr2013BUTUAN CITY, Apr. 6 (PIA) -- One of the biggest poverty reduction projects of the Philippine government, the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) will be bringing its war on poverty to this city in early April of this year. Administered by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Kalahi-CIDSS is an anti-poverty project using the community-driven development (CDD) approach by empowering ordinary citizens to act...
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27Mar2013CEBU CITY, March 27 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-7) in Central Visayas will gather the Municipal Information Officers in Negros Oriental to a seminar workshop for its Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) Project on April 3-4, 2013 in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental. The training aims to promote each locality’s communication strategies and look for an effective approach to reduce poverty ...
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25Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 25 (PIA) -- School buildings constructed under the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) Project are found “excellent”, the Regional Development Council (RDC) 12 reported Friday. The Regional Project Monitoring Committee of the RDC 12 randomly inspected several development projects, including those implemented through Kalahi-CIDSS Project of the Department of Social Welfare and Deve...
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14Mar2013
Tagalog news: Php 12.28 M na proyektong pang-imprastraktura natapos ng DSWD sa Libungan, N. Cotabato
LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, March 14 (PIA) -- AAbot sa P12.28 milyon na halaga ang proyektong pang-imprastraktura ang natapos kamakailan ng Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 12 sa bayan ng Libungan sa North Cotabato. Ayon kay DSWD 12 Regional Director Zorahayda Taha ang mga proyektong pangkaunlaran at panlaban sa kahirapan ay kinapapalooban ng mga paaralan sa Batiocan, Palao, Abaga, Montay at Cabaruyan; day care center sa ... -
13Mar2013KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 13 (PIA) -- A total of P12.28 million worth of anti-poverty infrastructure projects have been completed in various villages of Libungan, North Cotabato, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reported. DSWD Region-12 Regional Director Zorahayda Taha said, these comprised 20 community sub-projects, including schools, daycare centers, health stations, solar dryers, potable water system, road rehabilitations and other projects could be...
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12Mar2013LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, South Cotabato, Marso 12 (PIA) -- Aabot sa P3.1 bilyon ang pondong inilaan ng pamahalaaang nasyunal para sa pagpapatupad ng mga programang magbibigay ng batayang serbisyo at laban sa kahirapan sa Soccsksargen Region o Rehiyon Dose. Inihayag ito ni Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 12 regional planning officer Almanzor Dataya sa isang pagpupulong ng mga civic society organization na katuwang ng ahensiya sa pagpapatupa...
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07Mar2013DUMAGUETE CITY, March 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD) Region7 announced the start of the implementation of the P134 million worth of community projects under the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) this March in Negros Oriental. DSWD 7 Social Marketing Officer Simeon Remata III said 56 Kalahi projects in the province are identified through a bottom-up planning process which involves the barangay...
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26Feb2013Cebu City, Feb. 26 (PIA) --- The national government’s poverty reduction program has earned the admiration of the seven Developing Member Countries (DMC). Representatives from Bangladesh, Cambodia, the Federated States of Micronesia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Timor-Lester, and Vietnam early this month praised the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) for being effective in empowering the beneficiary-communities into becoming active pa...
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13Feb2013ILOILO CITY, Feb. 13 (PIA6) -- The municipal profile of the poor in Western Visayas is now available for use by the local government units for their planning and prioritized delivery of services. The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Western Visayas has already completed the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) survey and consolidation. Trinidad Lopez, NHTS-PR focal person, said during the orientation with Information Officers that they have ...
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05Feb2013MAITUM, Sarangani, Feb. 5 (PIA) -- Finally, the agony of holding classes either on stage or under the tree is over for the students and teachers of Wali Integrated School in Maitum, Sarangani Province. Long clamored problems of classroom shortage and congestion of school are finally answered by the Department of Social Welfare and Development with the recent turnover of newly constructed 1-unit-3 classroom high school building worth P1,825,000 to the Department of Education and Parents-Te...
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31Jan2013CEBU CITY, Jan 31 (PIA) – The national government will adopt a community-driven approach in its poverty alleviation efforts in 2013. This after the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) chaired by Pres. Benigno Simeon Aquino III gave a green light on the National Community-Driven Development Program (NCDDP) during its meeting last January 18. The NCDDP will use the anti-poverty approach developed through Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan- Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of ...
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11Jan2013ILOILO CITY, Jan. 11 (PIA6) -- They are out in conflict-ridden areas not as combatants but as community builders. The Bayanihan Team Operators of the 61st and 82nd Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army have tied up with the Kalahi-CIDSS implementers in the province of Iloilo to help reduce poverty in the communities. Col. Arnold Quiapo, commander of the 301st Infantry Brigade said these Bayanihan Team Operators are soldiers deployed in conflict -affected municipalities in their respe...
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09Jan2013DUMAGUETE CITY, Jan. 9 (PIA) -- Duha ka mga barangay sa Ayungon, Negros Oriental ug dul-an 600 ka mga panimalay nga mga mag-uuma matugyanan na unya sa farm-to-market road (FMR) nga mga proyekto pinaagi sa Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Development Social Services o KALAHI-CIDSS nga programa sa kagamhanan. Barangays Amdos ug Manogtong sa Ayungon makapahimulos sa nahisgutan nga proyekto. Ang komunidad sa Amdos nakadawat og ayuda nga mokabat ngadto sa P3.2 milyones...
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08Jan2013DUMAGUETE CITY, Jan. 8 (PIA) -- Two hinterland barangays in the municipality of Ayungon in Negros Oriental with about 600 households particularly farmers will soon be granted farm-to-market road (FMR) projects. Barangays Amdos and Manogtong in Ayungon are recipients of the road projects under the government’s Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Development Social Services or KALAHI-CIDSS program. The community of Amdos has received assistance of about P3.2 million f...
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06Jan2013BUTUAN CITY, Jan 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Caraga closed the year 2012 with a near-perfect fund utilization for its anti-poverty project called Kalahi-CIDSS. This was learned during the project’s year-end assessment and evaluation meeting last December. A total of P135,771,894.53 was utilized by beneficiary communities from the P136,979,959.78 that was released and downloaded directly to community accounts. “We were projecting a hundred percent ...
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07Dec2012LUCENA CITY, Quezon, Dec. 7 (PIA) -- To increase the exposure of stakeholders on social protection programs, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 4A recently conducted a two-day learning visit in the two municipalities in Quezon province. Thirteen representatives from different media outlets, academe, and civil society organizations participated in the activity who visited the areas of Buenavista and Lopez, two of the localities in the province implementing the K...
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07Dec2012LUCENA CITY, Quezon, Dec. 7 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) had began implementing peace- promoting projects under the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services – Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan Program (Kalahi-CIDSS Pamana) in selected areas in Quezon province. The program is being implemented in coordination with the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace Process (OPAPP). Most of the targeted areas under the ...
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05Dec2012Koronadal City, South Cotabato, Dec 5 (PIA) -- Nakatalana nga pagatukuron sa sunod tuig ang mga buluthoan kag iban pa nga mga proyektong imprastraktura sa anum ka mga imol nga duog sa banwa sang probinsiya sang Sultan Kudarat. Ini ang ginpabutyag sang opisyal sang ahensiya sang social welfare sang rehiyon. Siling ni Gemma Rivera, assistant regional director sang department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) rehiyon 12, ang tatlo ka buluthoan nga nagakantidad ang kada isa sang P2 mi...
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12Nov2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Nov. 12 (PIA) -- The voting process is underway for choosing community projects to be implemented in selected barangays under the Kalahi-CIDSS program in Negros Oriental. Representatives from around 329 barangays in Negros Oriental are casting their ballots for their preferred community projects during the series of ongoing municipal inter-barangay forums (MIBF) led by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The voting started on November 6 and will end on No...
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25Oct2012CATANUAN, Quezon, Oct 25 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development through the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services has conducted a municipal talakayan dubbed “Malayang Talakayang Pangkaunlaran: Noon at Ngayon sa Bayan ng Catanauan.” The Talakayan aimed to draw insights, lessons and identify ways to improve the local governance, citizen participation, community development and institutionalization of the Kalahi-CIDSS process...
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14Sep2012BUTUAN CITY, Sept 14 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Caraga sees the importance of convergence efforts of government line agencies in its implementation of Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS). During the Regional Inter-Agency Committee (RIAC) orientation on the project, DSWD Regional Director Mercedita Jabagat said the revitalization of a convergence strategy among national government agen...
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10Sep2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Sept 10 (PIA) -- The regional office of Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Cebu gathered over 70 engineers from local government units (LGU) in Western, Central and Eastern Visayas for an inter-regional training on the implementation parameters of Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) program. Kalahi-CIDSS is a core poverty alleviation program of the national government carried out by DSWD ...
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29Aug2012KORONADAL CITY, August 29 (PIA) --Three towns in North Cotabato are set to implement projects under Kapit-bisig laban sa kahirapan- Comprehensive Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Kalahi-CIDSS regional community development specialist John Kevin Camarinas said the beneficiaries are the towns of Libungan, Pikit and Arakan which are considered as conflict-affected areas. To realize the said projects, a fund amounting...
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29Aug2012LUNGSOD NG KORONADAL, Agosto 29 (PIA)--Nagkakahalaga ng P27 milyong peace projects sa ilalim ng Kapit-bisig laban sa kahirapan-Comprehensive Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) ng Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) ang ipagkakaloob sa tatlong bayan sa North Cotabato. Sinabi ni Kalahi-CIDSS regional community development specialist John Kevin Camarinas, na ang magiging benepisyaryo ng naturang proyekto ay ang mga bayan ng Libungan, Pikit at Arakan na madalas a...
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21Aug2012BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 21 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) will conduct a five-day basic orientation and workshop, August 22-26, this city. This is to prepare staff and local government units (LGU) for the second cycle implementation of PAMANA (Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan). Participants of the five-day workshop are the LGUs from La Paz, Esperanza, and Veruela in Agusan del Sur; and Tagbina a...
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21Aug2012BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 21 (PIA) – One hundred forty (140) barangays from 15 municipalities in Caraga region have benefited from P120.7 million worth of infrastructure projects from the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Infrastructure projects ranging from water system, road rehabilitation and footbridges to health stations, school buildings and day-care c...
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10Aug2012ILOILO CITY, Aug 10 (PIA6) – The town of Ajuy, 74 kilometers north of Iloilo City, now enjoys basic infrastructure and social services worth nearly P88 million. The small community projects were constructed under the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS), covering 87 functional infrastructure, costing P87,965,550. KALAHI-CIDSS Project Officer Maricar Calubiran said 73 percent or P64,720,000 came from KALAHI-CIDSS grant, while th...
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30Jun2012TALAINGOD, Davao del Norte, June 30 -- The implementation of the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) in this municipality, considered an indigenous peoples (IP) town, has not only resulted in the setting up of basic facilities but has also strengthened the cultural aspect of its communities. This was what came out during the consultation for the analytical study conducted to document the experiences of the IP communities si...
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17May2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, May 17 (PIA) -- Officials of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) visited Paranas, Samar as the starting point of the $214-million MCC road project in Samar and Eastern Samar. MC Account-Philippines/KALAHI-CIDSS Director Andres Moll met with concerned agencies and local government units at the Kirigtaan Hall in Paranas last Wednesday. “The primary objective of the project is to help improve the living conditions of the people of Samar.” “With more accessibl...
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17May2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, May 17 (PIA) -- Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) officials graced the inauguration of the Kapitbisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Community Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) sub-project in Barangay Bato, Paranas, Samar, last May 16. The construction of 0.20-kilometer path way in Barangay Bato was completed last May 12. Paranas Municipal Mayor Felix Babalcon congratulated the community and officials of Barangay Bato, for the KALAHI-CIDSS project. “P...
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15May2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental, May 15 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Region 7 has partnered with the 79th Infantry Battalion of the Third Infantry Division of the Philippine Army for the implementation of an anti-poverty project in the hinterlands of Negros Oriental. Personnel from DSWD-7 have earlier been deployed to 11 towns in the province identified to benefit from the government’s poverty alleviation program, Kapit Bisig-Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehen...
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13May2012QUEZON CITY, May 13 (PIA) -- The National Conference on Community–Driven Development (CDD) Program organized by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) starts today till May 15 at the Crowne Plaza in Ortigas. The event aims to massively scale up the implementation of CDD in collaboration with other government departments and agencies. DSWD Sec. Corazon “Dinky” Soliman said, “ This is in pursuit of our efforts to fortify the government’s plan to scale up CDD to a na...
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07May2012LEGAZPI CITY, May 7 (PIA) -- Three provinces in Bicol have been identified as recipients for development interventions in conflict-affected barangays under a peace and development project to be implemented and facilitated by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) under the Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (PAMANA) program. The three provinces identified by the Office of the Presidential on the Peace Process (OPAPP) are Camarines Norte, Sorsogon, and Masbate. PAMANA is the peace ...
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03May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 3 (PIA) -- After two years of immersing in the community-driven Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Service (KALAHI-CIDSS) project, community volunteers of the Department of Social Welfare's (DSWD) have realized that what is more important than the infrastructure they help build in their communities is the knowledge they learned and the value they realized in their participation in the development endeavor of the local government. M...
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01May2012NABUNTURAN, Compostela Valley, May 1 -- Known for adopting the KALAHI-CIDSS concept, Compostela Valley Governor Arturo T. Uy vowed to find ways to perfect the concept so that it will suit its implementation at the provincial level. KALAHI-CIDSS or Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan –Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services is a community-driven development (CDD) project of the government where decision-making resides in the community. Gov. Uy has emulated the concept through his...
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19Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 19 (PIA) -- With the national government’s poverty reduction program KALAHI-CIDSS expanding to Negros Oriental this year, the beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilya in the towns covered will see more improvements in their areas especially in infrastructure. KALAHI-CIDSS or Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services aims to fund the construction of priority infrastructure projects in its coverage areas. All 11 towns to benefit fr...
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17Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 17 (PIA) -- Mayors of 11 towns in Negros Oriental signed on April 17 a memorandum of agreement with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for the implementation of the national government’s anti-poverty program. Said towns were earlier identified to benefit from the national government’s anti-poverty program, KALAHI-CIDSS or Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services. The signing signals the start of a fo...
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09Apr2012ILOILO CITY, April 9 (PIA6) -- Government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino (4Ps) and KALAHI-Comprehensive, Integrated Delivery of Social Services (CIDSS) programs will expand coverage in 37 more towns and cities in Western Visayas. To date, there are already 118 local government units out of 133 covered by the Pantawid Pamilya, with 266,591 households served. DSWD-6 Information Officer May Castillo said KALAHI-CIDSS is in 34 localities, while the sustaining SEA-K is in all LGUs. Castillo sa...
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07Apr2012ILOILO CITY, April 7 (PIA ) -- Ginpabutyag ni Country Director Matt Bohn sang Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) nga suportado nila ang mga benepisyaryo sang KALAHI-CIDSS ukon Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan–Comprehensive Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) program sa Western Visayas para mabatak sila sa kapigaduhon. Si Bohn kag si Secretary Corazon Soliman sang Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) ang nagbisita sa Syudad sang Iloilo para saksihan ...
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28Mar2012BANGUED, Abra, Mar. 28 (PIA) -- Governor Eustaquio Bersamin and six mayors recently signed a tripartite memorandum of agreement with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) at the Provincial Capitol here to implement the Kapit-bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) Project for 2012. The provincial government and the municipalities of Bucay, Bucloc, Langiden, La Paz, Pilar, and Sallapadan have all signified their com...
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25Mar2012KALIBO, Aklan, March 25 (PIA) -- Five Aklan mayors have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the implementation of Kapit Bisig Laban Sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) program in their respective municipalities. Together with the mayors are the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), provincial government of Aklan and the Millenium Challenge Account (MCA) Philippines. The new recipient municipalities include Batan, New ...
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19Mar2012ILOILO CITY, March 19 (PIA6) -- The Iloilo Provincial government has released P1.15 million as counterpart fund for Kalahi-CIDSS Makamasang Tugon Program in the town of Lambunao. The Capitol Information Office said P50,000 was given to each barangay through the barangay captains, with Lambunao Mayor Reynor Gonzales, from Governor Arthur Defensor, Sr. recently. Though a small amount, Defensor said this can can help in the completion of their projects such as construction of school b...
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16Mar2012KALIBO, Aklan, March 16 (PIA6) -- Five municipalities here are set to benefit from the government's poverty alleviation program, Kapit Bisig Laban Sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) MCC Project . The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Regional Field Office 6, the Provincial Government of Aklan and five municipalities will sign a tripartite Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) at the Gov. Roberto Q. Garcia Me...
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12Mar2012TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, March 6 (PIA) -- The province of Surigao del Sur has been fortunate for being a beneficiary of Kapit-Bisig laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) under the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). According to Engr. Merlyn Baure, chief of the Provincial Planning and Development Office (PPDO) here, the World Bank has already granted the province the total amount of P162,264,012.62 under such prog...
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10Mar2012KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, March 10 (PIA) -- A stronger partnership with other national line agencies, civil society organizations, and the private sector could boost efforts of the Department of Social Welfare and Development 12 (DSWD-12) in addressing the capacity of partner beneficiaries of its three-core poverty reduction projects, an official of the agency said. Recently, the DSWD-12 tapped the services of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) for th...
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08Mar2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, Mar 8 (PIA) -- Some 25 barangays from three municipalities in Samar province are set to receive peace and development projects under the Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (PAMANA). PAMANA is government’s peace and development framework that seeks to reduce poverty, improve governance, and empower communities through community-driven projects that address people’s needs and at the same time promote peace. The barangays in Matuginao, Baruz, Caro...
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02Mar2012KIAMBA, Sarangani, March 2 (PIA) – A Department of Education (DepEd) official lauded the barangay council and community of barangay Salakit for choosing a school building project over other sub-projects under the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Kapit-bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) program. During the turnover and inauguration ceremony of a three-classroom building for Salakit Natio...
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18Feb2012LEGAZPI CITY, February 18 (PIA) -- The Regional Project Management Team (RPMT) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) regional office here coveted seven awards in the recently held Year-end Assessment Awards Night of the agency in Manila recently. The management team from Bicol for the project Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) received four major awards namely Best Regional...
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17Feb2012CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar, Feb 17 (PIA) -- “Our KALAHI-CIDSS project will save the lives of my people,” said Barangay Chairman Lito Labine referring to the hanging bridge project in Barangay Tutubigan, Paranas, Samar province. Labine said that his barangay needs a 5.0 linear meter hanging bridge to connect them to some barangays and sitios. “When the rains are heavy, water surges, it is perilous for my people to cross the swollen river as the current i...
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06Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb. 6 (PIA) -- A Regional Convergence Action Team (RCAT) was created in Mimaropa to serve as an oversight committee in the implementation of Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services or KALAHI-CIDSS, Pantawid Pamilya and SEA-K program, under the support of the Sectoral Committee on Social Development of the Regional Development Council (RDC). This aimed to improve and harmonize the delivery of social services to communities. Th...
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27Jan2012DUMAGUETE CITY, Jan. 27 (PIA) – Eleven municipalities in Negros Oriental will be included in the Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan- Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) project of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-7). These municipalities have a poverty incidence of at least 33 percent . These towns are Ayungon, Bindoy, Jimalalud, Mabinay, Manjuyod, Vallehermoso, Basay, Pamplona, Dauin, Sta. Catalina, and Zamboanguita, ...
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20Jan2012TUBOD, Lanao del Norte, Jan. 20 – After successfully completing the first cycle for the KALAHI-CIDSS projects approved for the coastal town of Lala, this progressive municipality is again set to implement another batch of infrastructure projects benefitting 27 barangays. The first cycle included projects for the seven (7) barangays of Camalan, Matampay Bucana, Tunaan, Darumawang Bucana, Andil, Lanipao and San Isidro Lower. To expedite the immediate im...
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19Jan2012BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 19 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Caraga is expected to disburse a total of P161,968,531.62 in the first two quarters of this year through its anti-poverty program called KALAHI-CIDSS. The total amount comes from the World Bank loan of the government given to the region amounting to P137,280,487.93 and an additional P24,688,043.69 from the local cash contribution (LCC) of the implementing local government units (LGUs). Accor...
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01Jan2012MANILA, Jan. 22 (PIA) -- At least 129 new areas will be added in the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)'s community-driven development (CDD) strategy to reduce poverty in 2012. The Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) will cover 348 municipalities including old areas in 48 provinces. These include the newly identified provinces of Apayao, Palawan, Antique, Aklan, Guimaras, and Negros Oriental bas...
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25Dec2011KORONADAL CITY, Dec. 25 (PIA) -- Department of Social Welfare and Development in Soccsksargen Region has strengthened its poverty reduction interventions by gaining more support from civil society organizations (CSO) and private sector partners. DSWD 12 Assistant Regional Director Gemma Rivera said, these CSOs serve as their partners, guides, and guardians in strengthening efforts to fight poverty in the region. Among the CSOs that have pledged active participation in DSWD's co...
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27Nov2011KORONADAL CITY, Nov 27 (PIA) -- Officials of the regional office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) assured Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) partner-beneficiaries that the government is committed to continue with poverty alleviation interventions in Soccksksargen Region. Director Bai Zorahayda Taha promised that the government will make sure that the P59 billion fund for the expansion of KALAHI-...
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22Aug2011CENTRAL VISAYAS, August 22 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-7) in Central Visayas conducted recently a simultaneous consultation with Boholanos on its two anti-poverty programs at the Bohol Plaza Hotel and Water Paradise Resort. The two anti-poverty programs -- Kapit-bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS), a community driven community project and the National Household Targeting System-Povert...
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10Mar2011KORONADAL CITY, Mar. 10 (PIA) -- Since the creation of their village in the early 80's residents of Barangay Sucob in Columbio, Sultan Kudarat province have to go to other barangays or to the poblaction to avail of health services whenever they are sick. Soon, this situation will be a thing of the past, thanks to the government’s anti-poverty program Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan- Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS). On Tuesday, the fo...
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20Jul2010CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (20 July) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will continue to advocate for the implementation of the Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan - Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) in region 10. Thus assured Atty. Araceli F. Solamillo, Regional Director of DSWD-10, during a recent forum attended by stakeholders from the local government units (LGU), the private sector and the non-government organizations (NGO) who had...
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