Social
Security, Social Services and Welfare
The Social Welfare And Development Programs and Services being
implemented in this municipality are the following:
1. Self-Employment Assisstance Program - This
particular program provides individuals/families and organized
groups opportunities to engage in productive
undertaking/income generating projects either through open,
sheltered and self-employment.
-Livelihood Development Service - This is a poverty
alleviation scheme consisting of capital assisstance,
livelihood skills training, business management, values
orientation and capability building activities
2. Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services
(CIDSS)- This is a flagship program of DSWD under the
Social Reform Agenda and Poverty Alleviation Act (R A 8425)
which concretizes the goals of the government on people
empowerment. A poverty alleviation initiative focused on
building capabilities of the poor to meet their minimum basic
needs and institute development founded on full and meaningful
involvment of community members. It further aeddresses minimum
basic needs of disadvantaged families with special focus on
women, children, youth, person with disabilities, the elderly
victims of natural and man-made calamities. CIDSS also
beleives in unity of purpose and synchronized /integrated
response t fight poverty. This means that the different
sectors should bring in thier resources, their expertise and
skills to respond to indentified needs of the community, thus
convergence is one of its strategy. For the Municipality of
Bato, Leyte, four (4) barangays are targetted for this
particular program namely: Brgy. Osmena, Marcelo, Domagocdoc
and Dolho wherein problems on water, poor housing,
construction of day care center, construction of septic tank
and educational problem as well as capabiliry building was
provided.
3. Women Welfare Program - This program refers to the
provision of opportunities for the improvement of women as
human beings/persons, including the enhancement of thier
self-image through the discovery and understanding of thier
potentials and capacities leading to change/aquisition of
appropriate values and attitudes about themselves, thier
families and the larger community and environment.
KALIPUNAN NG LIPING PILIPINA (KALIPI) is an existing and
functional women's organization in the area wherein services
like free clinic, livelihood program and community activities
has been implemented
4. Emergency Assisstance Program:
a.) Emergency Shelter Assisstance - refers to the provition of
limited financial and material assisstance to help families
construct/repair their houses which are partially or totally
destroyed by natural or man- made disaster.
b.) Aid to Individual in Crises Situation (AICS) provision of
limited assisstance in cash or in kind to individuals/families
who hampered to function normaly because of socio-economic
difficulties.
5. Program for Elderly People - this is implemented
through the provision of opportunities for income generating
people, socio-cultural, sports and recreational activities,
formating of self-help and interest group, refferals for
medical intervention and volunteer work with children, youth,
women families, and community. There are about 3,000 more or
less Senior Citezen in the Municipality who availed of the
discount card of 20% in the purchase of medicines,
transportation, etc.
6. Day Care Service Program - This is a provision of
parental care to a 0-6 years old who maybe neglected, abused,
exploited or abandoned during part of the day when parents
cannot attend to their needs. There are 33 Day Care Workers
under the supervision MSWDO presently handling day care
sessions in the 32 barangays. This municipality in one hundred
percent in the implementation of day care services
Reference :http://elgu.ncc.gov.ph/ecommunity/bato
|
