The Department of Social Welfare and Development – MIMAROPA held the first of the two workshops for local government unit (LGU) representatives to ensure that Kalahi-CIDSS projects in the region are sustainable and are able to continue to deliver intended benefits to the community. LGU representatives from Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, and Romblon attended the continue reading : DSWD MIMAROPA trains LGUs to sustain Kalahi-CIDSS subprojects
For the longest time, Diana Abdula, 33, haven’t thought that her feet would be able to step on a hard concrete wharf in their far flung barangay in Balabac, Palawan. For the longest time, there’s no other way out but a 100-meter walk over a creaking – sometimes slippery – rickety wooden wharf under the continue reading : The Wharf of Bancalaan: Reaching the Heart of Balabac, Palawan
When the water services in Metro Manila were suddenly cut off early March in 2019, a fiasco ensued. Residents from all walks of life lined up for water. Social media were saturated with disappointed, angry comments, just like how the streets of the nation’s capital were suddenly filled with rows of water containers, pails, and continue reading : Quenching the Thirst to Progress: A barangay in Balabac, Palawan’s journey towards clean, potable water
Calatrava is one of the partner Local Government Units of DSWD Kalahi CIDSS in MIMAROPA. They have implemented the program since 2012 under the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). Currently, the municipality has finished the Cycle three and Cycle 4 milestone 7 of the CEAC process implementation of DSWD Kalahi CIDSS under Community-Driven Development Program (KC continue reading : How Community-Driven Development Flourished in a Small Town– The Calatrava’s Kalahi-CIDSS Journey
Nature enthusiasts and adventurers at heart may know this town in Southern Luzon as home to the prestigious Apo Reef, the second largest contiguous reef collection next to Australia’s the Great Barrier Reef. Lies between the Mountain Rages of Iglit and the West Philippine Sea, the wonder-filled town of Sablayan is not only known for continue reading : The Town That Made CDD Institutionalization a Reality– Sablayan
Malate, Manila—The 2nd National Community Volunteers’ Congress and 4th National Bayani Ka Awards was successfully conducted last October 2-4, 2018 in Cebu City. It was attended by at least 260 community volunteers of DSWD Kalahi-CIDSS and Local Government Unit (LGU) officials from across the country. The event’s theme is “Pagsaulog” a Visayan word which means continue reading : Pagsaulog 2018: A Fusion of Culture, Volunteerism and Collective Action
Puerto Princesa City Palawan— The regional technical specialists from Regions MIMAROPA, V, VI, and VII gathered for a five-day training seminar on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management – CCA last September 9-15, 2018 at Citystate Asturias Hotel in Puerto Princesa City Palawan. The said training was hosted by DSWD Kalahi-CIDSS MIMAROPA and was attended by continue reading : DSWD MIMAROPA hosts Basic DRRM-CCA Concepts and Legal Frameworks and Mainstreaming DRR-CCA in the CEAC Process Training of Trainers
Paluan, Oriental Mindoro – Located in the northern part of the Mindoro region, this municipality is home to over 3,500 people of diverse ethnoliguistic tribes dominantly of Hanonoo Mangyan origin. Despite its peaceful terrain, the municipality experienced gun violence in this once peaceful town due to political turmoil. However, efforts poured in the recent years by continue reading : Building Hope One Library at a Time
