For the 3rd Quarter of 2014 alone, the Department of Social Welfare and Development had organized a total of 68 livelihood groups, known as Self Employment Assistance Kaunlaran Associations (SKAs), in the CALABARZON Region. The said associations were organized under the Sustainable Livelihood Program of the Department. The program aims to build the capacity of continue reading : 68 new livelihood associations organized
Poor job seekers may benefit from DSWD’s pre-employment assistance
Beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program may now avail assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to aid them prepare for employment. The said assistance can be availed through the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) of the agency. The SLP is a community-based capacity building program that seeks to improve the socio-economic continue reading : Poor job seekers may benefit from DSWD’s pre-employment assistance
Bridging the gap towards stronger community
Barangay Maliksi III in Bacoor City, Cavite is a small community lying in the coastal area of Manila Bay. Blessed with the bounty of freshwater, the residents mainly get their source of income through shellfish farming. They have built elevated shanties near their pens, around 10 feet high from the waters, to secure their livelihood. continue reading : Bridging the gap towards stronger community
Travel by feet.
Students in Brgy. Maliksi III can now safely walk to school and are no longer needed to be placed in basins and rushed through the waters of Manila Bay to reach the town proper. The elevated bamboo footbridge constructed by the community under the Kalahi-CIDSS program provided these children a safer and convenient travel to continue reading : Travel by feet.
Good luck Farmers
Dir Leticia T. Diokno (left) and Ms Cristie S. Angeles of SM Foundation congratulate graduates of the Kabalikat sa Kabuhayan-Farmers Training Program during a simple ceremony recently held in SM Rosario (Cavite). The graduates include 80 Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program beneficiaries from the Municipality of Maragondon, Cavite. The said training enhanced the skills of the continue reading : Good luck Farmers
ONE FAMILY, ONE GOAL.
The Dimailig Family of Alfonso, Cavite understands the value of working as a family to reach their goals not only in this obstacle game but also in their everyday life. Their family is one of the family-beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program who participated in the recently held Family Camp in Indang, Cavite. The continue reading : ONE FAMILY, ONE GOAL.