Fifty residents of Brgys. Poblacion 5 and 6 in Catanauan, Quezon Province recently provided means to earn more for their families through livelihood training courses on dressmaking and baking. The said residents, who earn less than Php7,000.00 per month, underwent a 15-days training on the dressmaking and baking under the program of the Technical Education continue reading : Catanauan residents complete livelihood trainings, open to new opportunities
AFP mobile kitchen serves 2K stranded passengers due to Nina
About 2,500 passengers who were stranded in Batangas Port because of Typhoon Nina were provided hot meals through the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) mobile kitchen set up in the said port last December 27, 2016. The said mobile kitchen was made in coordination with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the continue reading : AFP mobile kitchen serves 2K stranded passengers due to Nina
DSWD, Adarna Group promote early literacy for Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries
The Adarna Group Foundation, Inc. (AGFI), in partnership with the local government of San Antonio, Quezon, completed the pilot implementation of the Barangay Early Literacy Program for beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program last December 9 in the said municipality. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office IV-A has partnered with continue reading : DSWD, Adarna Group promote early literacy for Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries
A business for everyone
When a small feeds supply business started, 21 women began seeing a different future for their families. However, the story does not end with the 21 of them. Liza Bay, 43 years old, the treasurer of the Mapayapang Poblacion 2 Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) Association, shares how their humble feeds supply business is not only continue reading : A business for everyone
7 new partners sign agreement with DSWD
Seven organizations have formally partnered with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office IV-A in the implementation of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program through a signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) last November 9 in Los Banos, Laguna. Two of these organizations are academe partners—the Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation in continue reading : 7 new partners sign agreement with DSWD
700K CALABARZON children are identified poor
A total of 733,371 children in the CALABARZON Region have been identified as poor based on the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Listahanan database of poor households. These poor children, who are zero to 17 years old, are from the 202,279 poor households identified in the second round of Listahanan household assessment conducted continue reading : 700K CALABARZON children are identified poor