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The Department of Social Welfare and Development office in Bicol. (Photo courtesy of DSWD-5) LEGAZPI CITY - Hundreds of villagers in Pasacao town, Camarines Sur province will now reap benefits from the community development projects turned over by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). In an interview on Thursday, Ranelle Anne Sertan, DSWD 5 (Bicol) social marketing officer, said the PHP3.2 million facilities were formally granted by the agency to the recipient barangays on Wednesday. "These include retrofitting and refurbishing the existing multi-purpose hall to be used as an isolation facility with the provision of amenities in Barangay Macad, Pasacao, Camarines Sur worth PHP1 million, retrofitting of existing barangay health station to be used as emergency operations center worth PHP1.3 million, and concreting of barangay road worth PHP808,937," Sertan said. She said these facilities were built under the DSWD's Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan - Compreh
(Photo courtesy of DSWD) MANILA - The town of Pilar in Bohol is set to benefit from community development projects undertaken by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). DSWD Secretary Erwin Tulfo on Thursday led the turnover ceremony of the community projects under the agency's Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS). These include classroom buildings in the villages of Estaca, Lundag and Catagdaan and a Covid-19 isolation facility in the village of Poblacion. These buildings worth PHP7.5 million are a product of the community volunteer's efforts to address the educational needs of students in these villages. Meanwhile, the one-story isolation facility with amenities and medical tools and equipment is part of the DSWD's Covid-19 response efforts. While in Pilar town, the DSWD chief also led the distribution of cash assistance under the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP). Shortly after the visi