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The whipping water from the shore, the blowing wind, and the spinning of the windmill were the everyday music that Mary Jane Francisco hears while making delicious empanadas and selling souvenirs. Those music to her ears paused when Burgos, Ilocos Norte’s wind farm tourism industry temporarily closed because of the community quarantines. “Amin kami ditoy continue reading : WINd

DSWD FO 1 CONDUCTS FACE-TO-FACE INFORMATION SERBISYO CARAVAN IN ALCALA, PANGASINAN

As the pandemic restrictions lower, DSWD Field Office 1 (DSWD FO 1) conducts its first face-to-face Information Serbisyo Caravan in Alcala, Pangasinan since the pandemic started. The said caravan held on 26 May 2022 catered 75 participants from different barangays of Alcala, Pangasinan wherein the Social Marketing Unit discussed the programs and services of the continue reading : DSWD FO 1 CONDUCTS FACE-TO-FACE INFORMATION SERBISYO CARAVAN IN ALCALA, PANGASINAN

DSWD’s KALAHI-CIDSS hands over access road, solar pavement dryers to Pangasinan town

To boost economic activities in Burgos, Pangasinan, the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 1 (DSWD FO 1) handed over to the municipality the 1.17-kilometer access road and nine units of solar pavements dryers through its poverty-alleviation program Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan- Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS). The Department through continue reading : DSWD’s KALAHI-CIDSS hands over access road, solar pavement dryers to Pangasinan town

DSWD Kalahi-CIDSS empowers armed conflict-affected barangays in Ilocos Sur town through CDD

SANTA CRUZ, Ilocos Sur – The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 1’s (DSWD FO 1) Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) empowered armed conflict-affected barangays through the community-driven development (CDD) strategy. Since KALAHI-CIDSS utilizes the CDD approach, it facilitated communities to be in control over their continue reading : DSWD Kalahi-CIDSS empowers armed conflict-affected barangays in Ilocos Sur town through CDD

Salamat Shopee: SLP women entrepreneurs embrace digital platform

The pandemic has forced societal changes around the globe. It limited human interaction, encouraged people to work from home, and restricted in-person business operations. It forced everyone to rely on digital platforms labeling it as the “new normal.” To keep pace with digitalization, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) – Regional Office 1 led continue reading : Salamat Shopee: SLP women entrepreneurs embrace digital platform

DSWD Kalahi-CIDSS PAMANA Program supports conflict-affected areas through disaster response sub-projects

SANTA LUCIA, Ilocos Sur – Insurgency has been existing in the country for more than fifty years now. It is present in the far-flung communities where the poorest of the poor and Indigenous Peoples (IPs) reside, and who are easily targeted by the communist terrorists’ groups or CTGs. These groups make these people believe in continue reading : DSWD Kalahi-CIDSS PAMANA Program supports conflict-affected areas through disaster response sub-projects

DSWD@71: Sec. Bautista lauds Field Office 1’s outstanding employees, partners in service

In commemoration of the 71st Anniversary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) at the Field Office 1 (FO 1), Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista attended the region-wide celebration to laud outstanding employees and partners. With this year’s theme: “DSWD@71: Napapanahon na Pagtugon sa Suliranin ng Taong 2022 Kabalikat ng Katatagan ng Bawat continue reading : DSWD@71: Sec. Bautista lauds Field Office 1’s outstanding employees, partners in service