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
DSWD, partners promote total sanitation among Pantawid HHs in Buenavista
One hundred percent of the household-beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program in Buenavista, Quezon Province now have their own toilet facilities. This is after the integration of the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) Program in the Family Development Sessions (FDS) of the said beneficiaries in 2014 as part of the Department of Social Welfare and continue reading : DSWD, partners promote total sanitation among Pantawid HHs in Buenavista
DSWD conducts Kalahi-CIDSS Talakayan in San Antonio
Community volunteers of the Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) share the results of their participation towards local development during the recently held Municipal Talakayan in San Antonio, Quezon Province. The Municipal Talakayan is a joint activity of the continue reading : DSWD conducts Kalahi-CIDSS Talakayan in San Antonio
More than 500K households assessed under DSWD’s Listahanan targeting system
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has assessed a total of 558, 944 households across the CALABARZON Region as part of the 2015 Household Assessment under the agency’s Listahanan Targeting System. The Listahanan is an information management system that identifies who and where the poor are in the country. It makes available to continue reading : More than 500K households assessed under DSWD’s Listahanan targeting system