The Department of Social Welfare and Development-National Capital Region (DSWD-NCR) invites volunteers who will provide transportation assistance to internally displaced persons (IDPs) arriving at Villamor Air Base via C130 and other modes of transportation. DSWD-NCR Regional Director Ma. Alicia S. Bonoan said the Field Office continues to accommodate the arriving IDPs from Eastern Visayas and continue reading : DSWD invites volunteers for ‘Hatod Kabayan’

With the massive exodus of typhoon ‘Yolanda’ survivors from Eastern Visayas, the Department of Social Welfare and Development-National Capital Region (DSWD-NCR) tapped the services of social workers from the 17 Local Government Units in Metro Manila in assessing the needs of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) arriving at Villamor Air Base in Pasay City. DSWD-NCR continue reading : DSWD mobilizes LGU social workers in assessment of ‘Yolanda’ survivors

International singer and performer Alicia Keys surprised typhoon Yolanda survivors at Villamor Air Base on Monday, a few hours before her concert at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. At Villamor Air Base, she personally distributed crayons and coloring notebooks to the children-evacuees.  She also interacted with the parents of the said children. continue reading : Alicia Keys surprises Typhoon Yolanda survivors at Villamor Air Base

The Department of Social Welfare and Development-National Capital Region (DSWD-NCR) had a meeting with the volunteers on Thursday evening at Camp Aguinaldo and synchronized efforts for their continuing support in intensifying the government’s response to survivors of Typhoon Yolanda. In the meeting, DSWD-NCR Regional Director Ma. Alicia S. Bonoan announced that processing of the internally continue reading : Volunteers vow to continue serving evacuees at Villamor Airbase

Eufemia Igoy, 63 and her six year old grandson happily ate together a complete set of meals handed to them upon their arrival at Villamor Airbase.   They are natives of Baras, Palo, Leyte and among those survivors who arrived on Friday aboard PAF C130. She has seven children but was only able to bring along continue reading : Yolanda victims find refuge in Manila

Pasay City – Rowena Duenas, 40, was all smiles as she partakes with the two-piece chicken and adobo rice toppings handed to her by a volunteer after disembarking from the C130. Rowena, a native of Palo, Leyte is among the evacuees of Typhoon Yolanda who arrived today at the Villamor Airbase from Cebu City. Rowena continue reading : Evacuee hopes to start life anew outside Tacloban

Six (6) Local Government Units (LGUs), one (1) National Government Agency (NGA) and two (2) Non-Government Organizations (NGO) entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Department of Social Welfare and Development-National Capital Region (DSWD-NCR) to utilize the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) or Listahanan in identifying potential beneficiaries of their continue reading : Stakeholders ink MOA to use DSWD Listahanan