Community and Family Services International is continuing to support the development of Viet Nam’s social-work sector with the signing of a ground-breaking Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on March 12, 2014, that will enable 200 planning and management officials to receive master’s degrees in social work by 2017.

Zamboanga City Mayor Ma. Isabelle “Beng” Climaco presented CFSI with a special "Plaque of Appreciation" on March 18 in recognition of the organisation's ongoing response to the crisis in Zamboanga.

Homonhon Island 1Little was left after Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) struck Homonhon Island in Eastern Samar province on November 8 last year. The typhoon, which wreaked havoc throughout the Central Visayas region of the Philippines, destroyed all forms of transportation on the island, leaving local communities stranded and isolated.[pullquote]We could not let those communities languish without assistance because they were isolated.

On the second day of February, together with my CFSI colleagues Venus and Edison, and Tukkie from UNHCR, we left Guiuan around five in the morning bound for Barangay Maybunga - a poor community situated on top of a mountain in the municipality of Balangiga in Eastern Samar that was hard hit by Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), which struck the Central Visayas region of the Philippines on November 8.

CFSI’s Child Protection and Education Project (CPEP) and new donor the Sarang Bangun Learning Center distributed toys and more than 200 pairs of slippers on February 12, 2014, to displaced children sheltering at Joaquin F. Enriquez Memorial Sports Complex in Zamboanga City.

Staff from CFSI's Psychosocial Support to IDPs Project in Zamboanga City, headed by Project Officer Lorelie Estores-Panganiban (center), paid a courtesy visit to Zamboanga City Mayor Ma. Isabelle "Beng" Climaco (second from right) on February 14, 2014, to introduce CFSI and the project.

By Mary Antoniette Amistoso Visayas Protection Project, CFSI Field Office Guiuan The devastating impact of Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), which struck the Central Visayas region of the Philippines on November 8, is still being felt by . . .

CFSI’s Director for External Relations Joseph Lumanog appeared on the GMA Network's “Reporter's Notebook” program on February 4, 2014, to talk about the situation facing the tens of thousands of people who remain displaced in . . .

The Philippine Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Field Office IX paid tribute to CFSI’s ongoing humanitarian efforts in Zamboanga City with the awarding of a special Plaque of Appreciation on January 30.The event - . . .