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The DSWD-Region VI EPAHP Program conducts the Community-Based Organization (CBO)/Sustainable Livelihood Program Association (SLPA) Conference within 6 provinces of Western Visayas, namely; the Province of Iloilo, Guimaras, Capiz, Aklan, Antique, and Negros Occidental on April 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, and 25, 2024. Members and representatives from the CBOs/SLPAs were invited to attend the conference. Representatives from the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Cooperative Development Authority (CDA), and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) were present to discuss the benefits and importance of registering within their respective agencies.

The Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP) RPMO FO VI conducts community-based organization (CBO) mapping activities on 76 CBOs across Iloilo, Guimaras, Negros Occidental, and Antique on the first semester of 2024.

The Movement for Agrarian and Rural Advancement (MARA)-Guibuangan Chapter has made its first delivery of various vegetables to Home For Girls (HFG) in Cabatuan, Iloilo last May 2, 2024.

EPAHP RPMO VI technical staff shares NP-CP process and procedures with C/MSWDO, SFP focal persons, and Accountants during Supplementary Feeding Program Capability Building Activity.

Meeting with various offices in New Lucena LGU on the utilization of Negotiated Procurement- Community Participation as the mode of procurement in the Supplementary Feeding Program implementation

EPAHP RPMO technical staff shares NP-CP process and procedures with C/MSWDO, SFP focal persons, and Accountants during Supplementary Feeding Program Capability Building Activity

Movement for Agrarian and Rural Advancement (MARA)-Bololacao Chapter SLPA engaged as a supplier for wet market items of the DSWD- Regional Center for Women

Exploratory Meeting with New Lucena LGU on the utilization of Negotiated Procurement- Community Participation as the mode of procurement in the Supplementary Feeding Program implementation

Tando Rice Traders Association and Pandaraonan Rice Traders Association supply fish and vegetables to the Regional Rehabilitation Center for Youth (RRCY) in Nueva Valencia, Guimaras, which started on May 5, 2024.

The Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP) Program conducts an activity titled “Cascading of EPAHP-Digital Mapping System and Encoding of Community-Based Organization and Press Release” from May 28 to June 1, 2024, to orient and capacitate the EPAHP National Program Management Office (NPMO) and Regional Program Management Offices (RPMO) Staff to fully utilize the EPAHP-Digital Mapping System (EPAHP-DMS).

The signing of the Regional Memorandum of Understanding of the 26 partner agencies of the Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP) Regional Convergence Team is a testament to the commitment, solidarity, and hope that the dreaded dilemma of hunger, poverty, and malnutrition in the country can be eradicated with the government leading the way.

Considered one of the best strategies in crop farming sustainability and sufficiency, the "One Barangay, One Gulay" of Arteche, Eastern Samar was selected to become one of the nominees for the Walang Gutom Award 2024.

The activity is a pivotal step towards Community-Based Organizations' sustainability through its utilization of Negotiated Procurement/Community Participation (NP-CP). This shows DepEd RO VIII commitment to the government’s quest against hunger and poverty – by providing students with healthy and nutritious foods and income to the marginalized sectors in the community the farmers and fisherfolks.

The introduction of the EPAHP program to the Northernmost province of Region VIII created an avenue for the LGU farmers and fisherfolk to have a direct market to the current thirty-four (34) members of EPAHP FO VIII RPMO for their livelihood sustainability and assistance.

The Kumustahan session is a testament of the convergence strategy between the internal partners of EPAHP FO VIII proven to be vital in the effective delivery of project implementation of partner agency with the DSWD Sustainable Livelihood Program.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office XI recently conducted on-site validation and assessment of two Local Government Unit (LGU) initiatives from the Davao Region, among the national finalists for the Walang Gutom Awards 2024.

Davao City, April 3-5, 2024 - The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office XI, through its Supplementary Feeding Unit and the Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP) Regional Program Management Office (RPMO), successfully spearheaded a three-day Technical Session on Negotiated Procurement-Community Participation (NP-CP) for Local Government Units (LGUs) in the Davao Region. The event took place at the Ritz Hotel, Davao City.

"Dili gyud magmahay ang mga miyembro sa paghatag og pamasahe sa amoa kay daghan mi ma-share balik nga good news gikan sa training". These were the words of Analyn Tingal, the Treasurer of the Tambo Malambuon Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) after joining the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office XI – Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (DSWD-EPAHP) capacity-building training dubbed EPAHP Service Caravan and CBO Resource Mobilization Conference held on May 6-7, 2024 at The Ritz Hotel at Garden Oasis, Davao City which aimed to empower identified twenty (20) community-based organization leaders and representatives across the Davao Region.