June 3, 2025 – Forty (40) child-beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) from Patnanungan, Quezon are now set to go back to school. This is after a series of interventions provided by the DSWD Field Office IV-A, in partnership with various stakeholders in the locality, in managing children not attending school (NAS). In continue reading : 40 4Ps children in Patnanungan commit going back to school
May 30, 2025 – A total of 200 residents of Cavinti, Laguna completed various community projects in their barangays aimed at mitigating the effects of climate change under the DSWD’s Risk Resiliency Program thru Project LAWA at BINHI. Last May 27, these projects were turned over by the Department and the local government to the continue reading : Cavinti residents complete Project LAWA at BINHI initiatives for their community
February 28, 2025 – Beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in Tagkawayan, Quezon start using the i-Registro in the updating of their families’ information to start availing the First 1,000 Days (F1KD) cash grants under the program. Last February 25, a total of 120 parent leaders from the said town were oriented on continue reading : 4Ps beneficiaries in Tagkawayan start updating household info through i-Registro
Becoming a licensed agriculturist despite life’s challenges *** “Totoy, pasensya na. Walang pera si Mama, hindi makakapunta.” Anjelo Pula, a resident of Brgy. Batabat Sur in Buenavista, Quezon, still recalls this heartbreaking call from his mother a few days before his senior high school graduation. According to Anjelo, though he truly understood their family’s situation continue reading : ‘Papasa ako para sa’yo, Mama Elyang’
“Kung tutulong ka, tumulong ka. ‘Wag kang mag-eexpect ng anumang kapalit.” Venus Panlilio, a resident of the island municipality of Polillo, Quezon, still recalls how her late father instilled this attitude to her and her four other siblings. Despite their financial struggles, her father, a fisherman, would exemplify this through working as a volunteer football continue reading : Ready to help others in need
As a third year college student, Robelyn Kalaw needs all the financial help she can get. Robelyn, a resident of Brgy. Lusacan, Tiaong, Quezon, is the eldest of four siblings from a household with no stable sources of income. Their family, who has been a beneficiary of the DSWD’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) since continue reading : The right career choice
