LEGAZPI CITY - At least 319,725 households in Bicol Region have benefited from the 1,358 completed sub-projects worth PHP742.89 million of the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan - Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) for 2022, the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Bicol (DSWD-5) said on Wednesday. Ranelle Anne Sertan, DSWD-5 social marketing officer, said the sub-projects were identified through KALAHI-CIDSS' planning process with the participatory situational analysis and community consultations that focus on responding to the needs of the community. "Among the different sub-projects we completed in the six provinces in the region were barangay halls, a boat, bridges, footpaths, hand washing stations, capability building training, cash-for-works, community center, health stations, provision of goods and communication devices, daycare center, disaster and pandemic responses and flood and river control," she said in a message se
GOV'T AID.A representative from Overseas Workers Welfare Administration in Bicol (OWWA-5) gives her message during the awarding of the Tulong PUSO livelihood grant to Guinobat Overseas Filipino Workers Family Association of Tabaco City last Jan. 13, 2023. The members of the association accepted their first tranche of the PHP250,000 grant.(Photo courtesy of OWWA-Bicol) LEGAZPI CITY -The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) has distributed PHP4.1 million in livelihood grants to seven overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) organizations in the Bicol Region. In an interview on Thursday, Maria Via Dometita, OWWA Bicol communication officer, said the grant is part of the government's efforts to support qualified members that aim to elevate their way of living by entering into business ventures. "The Tulong Pangkabuhayan sa Pag-Unlad ng Samahang OFWs (Tulong PUSO Program) is a livelihood grant that OWWA provides to OFW groups that were duly registered to Department of Labor a
BALIK PROBINSYA. Pedestrians walk past aBalik-Probinsya, Bagong Pag-Asa (BP2) programtarpaulin in this undated photo. In Bicol, atotal of 400 families who benefited from the government program have received a total of PHP15.3 million in cash assistance, a Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) official said Tuesday (Aug. 16, 2022).(PNA file photo) LEGAZPI CITY- A total of 400 families who benefited from the Balik-Probinsya, Bagong Pag-Asa (BP2) program in the Bicol Region have received a total of PHP15.3-million cash assistance, a regional official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reported Tuesday. Ranelle Anne Sertan, BP2 information officer, in an interview said the 400 families were a combination of beneficiaries dispatched and assessed by the National Housing Authority (NHA) and DSWD Central office, and endorsed and identified by different local government units (LGUs)in Bicol. "Identified by the LGUs are those who voluntarily returned to
STARTING A NEW LIFE. A Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa (BP2) program beneficiary in Caramoan, Camarines Sur received on Dec. 29, 2021 a transitory family support package and livelihood settlement grant from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Bicol. The BP2 program is one of the government support measures to decongest urban poor communities. (Photo courtesy of DSWD-Bicol) LEGAZPI CITY - At least 172 families in Camarines Sur have received assistance in the total amount of PHP15 million from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Region 5 (Bicol) under the Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa (BP2) program. Ranelle Anne Sertan, BP2 information officer, said in an interview on Wednesday the payout last December 29 was held in Caramoan with 83 beneficiaries; Iriga City with 21 beneficiaries; Nabua with 26 beneficiaries; Pasacao with 16 beneficiaries; and San Jose with 26 beneficiaries. "The transitory family support package is a financial suppor
'BALIK PROBINSYA'. Undated photo shows Jose Pableo, 66, a "Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa" (BP2) beneficiary in Cabusao, Camarines Sur as he receives livelihood settlement grant for his "sari-sari" store. The BP2 program is one of the government's support measures to decongest urban poor communities. (Photo courtesy of Ram Joseph S. Zaragoza/DSWD-Bicol) LEGAZPI CITY - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Bicol has provided livelihood settlement grants to 21 families in Camarines Sur under the "Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa" (BP2) program. Ranelle Anne Sertan, BP2 information officer, said in an interview on Tuesday the beneficiaries are all from the National Capital Region (NCR) who want to permanently reside in the province and are given the grant as start-up capital for the continuity of their livelihood and economic activities. "Based on our record, the latest payout was given on Monday (Dec. 13) and the assista