A NEW CHALLENGE. DSWD Sec. Corazon Juliano-Soliman challenges Batangas Province Pantawid Pamilya high school graduates and their parents to further invest on the skills of the children through enrolling in college or undergoing technical-vocational skills training during the Pagdiriwang para sa Pantawid Pamilya Graduates ng 2015 held last May 27 in Batangas City Sports Center-Coliseum. continue reading : DSWD, PARTNERS RECOGNIZE PANTAWID HS GRADUATES IN BATANGAS
DSWD builds 134 peace-promoting projects in Quezon
Dahican’s street light sub-project The national road along Brgy. Dahican in Catanauan, Quezon province is now well-lit due to the street lights sub-project of the community implemented under DSWD’s Kalahi-CIDSS PAMANA program. The residents utilized the PhP328,000.00 grant to install a total of 20 street lights, lighting at least a kilometer of the road, to continue reading : DSWD builds 134 peace-promoting projects in Quezon
WB, Bangladesh officials visit Tagaytay for a learning program on DSWD’s Listahanan
Assessing a poor household. Karol Karpinski (left), System Analyst for World Bank observes as Maryann Tuazon, a Listahanan Targeting System enumerator, conducts an assessment of a poor household in Barangay Sungay East, Tagaytay City, Cavite. ************************************************************************ WB, Bangladesh officials visit Tagaytay for a learning program on DSWD’s Listahanan The continue reading : WB, Bangladesh officials visit Tagaytay for a learning program on DSWD’s Listahanan
ESCAPING FROM POVERTY
The only way out. Joyce Malacad, 16, a resident of Brgy. Dalahican in Lucena City graduated as 1st Honorable Mention among 409 graduates of Lucena-Dalahican National High School. For her, this achievement makes her one step closer to escaping from their current life—a life full of financial hardships in a community where violence is rampant. continue reading : ESCAPING FROM POVERTY
RISING FROM THE STORM
Getting up after the storm. Kesia Olitoquit, 16, a resident of Brgy. Pinugay in Baras, Rizal Province, has known how to live comfortably as the eldest daughter of hardworking small business enthusiasts. Her father runs a furniture shop while her mother operates a sari-sari store. However, Typhoon Ondoy stripped them off their sources of income continue reading : RISING FROM THE STORM
No easy way out
ESCAPING FROM POVERTY. Andrea Magpantay, 47, a beneficiary of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program from Brgy. Sapangan in San Juan, Batangas Province, can barely write her name as she completed only a month in Grade 1. This and their poverty, according to Andrea, pushed her to marry at 15. However, instead of getting a continue reading : No easy way out