A total of 184,631 day care children in the CALABARZON Region are being served by the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Supplementary Feeding Program for the School Year 2015-2016. These children are from 3,883 day care centers across 114 cities and municipalities in the region. Besides day care children, there are also 5,957 continue reading : 180K children undergo DSWD feeding program in CALABARZON
A better sense of contentment
For more than 25 years, housewife Lydia Patron has spent most of her days at home and has always been contented. For the past two years, however, she realized that she may not be doing enough for her family and failed to dream bigger for her children. Lydia, 42, a resident of Brgy. Suba in continue reading : A better sense of contentment
DSWD to LGUs: Respond to street families, Sama-Bajaus
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through its Field Office IV-A, called for the local government units (LGUs) in the CALABARZON Region to extend assistance to the street families in their respective areas. Last July 20, the Field Office conducted an orientation and planning workshop on the Comprehensive Program for Street Children, Street continue reading : DSWD to LGUs: Respond to street families, Sama-Bajaus
Luisiana women receive livelihood assistance
Ten organized associations of women from Luisiana in Laguna Province were provided with Php693,000 worth of livelihood assistance under the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP). Majority of these women are beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. The SLP, one of DSWD’s core social poverty alleviation programs, seeks to continue reading : Luisiana women receive livelihood assistance
Cabinet Secs to beneficiaries: “Magkatuwang tayo sa pagbabago”
Cabinet Secretaries of the present administration emphasized that the government and the people must work together to improve the lives of the poor. This was during the Daang Matuwid Caravan held last July 21 in Club Manila East, Taytay in Rizal Province. Among those present in the activity were Sec. Corazon Juliano-Soliman of the Department continue reading : Cabinet Secs to beneficiaries: “Magkatuwang tayo sa pagbabago”
Women-volunteers build BUB infra project in Lemery
Women-volunteers from 46 barangays of Lemery, Batangas Province completed the implementation of the Gender and Development (GAD) Resource Center sub-project under the government’s Bottom-up Budgeting (BUB) program employing the community-driven development strategy of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS). The BUB continue reading : Women-volunteers build BUB infra project in Lemery