Almost 300 volunteers from the 81 barangays of Calauag, Quezon were trained by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to develop project proposals for their prioritized sub-projects to the Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services-National Community Driven Development Program (KALAHI CIDSS-NCDDP) during the three-day Project Development Workshop continue reading : KALAHI CIDSS-NCDDP volunteers develop community project proposals in Calauag
Changing Aeta’s perspective through community development
For a 50 year old woman who had never set foot in a school to study, it was her greatest life achievement to stroke the letters of her name in a piece of paper. Josephine would have never done it, if not to her active participation as a Kalahi-CIDSS volunteer. “Ang pakay ko lang naman continue reading : Changing Aeta’s perspective through community development
MDC hires Pantawid skills training graduates
Thirty beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program in Calauan, Laguna Province recently completed skills training courses under the training for work scholarship program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP). During their graduation ceremony last November 18, all graduates were hired on the spot by the Makati Development Corporation continue reading : MDC hires Pantawid skills training graduates
Regional Juvenile Justice Committee Organized
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) organized the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Committee (JJWC) for the CALABARZON region (Region IV-A) during a meeting called last November 21, 2014 by the DSWD Field Office IV-A. The JJCW promotes the rights and welfare of children at risk and in conflict with the law under a continue reading : Regional Juvenile Justice Committee Organized
The simple joy of the Senior Citizen
Ricardo Carpio has been working at the Office of the Senior Citizen Center in San Mateo, Rizal for the past 30 years and had witnessed the hardships of the elderly citizens and how badly they need assistance in order to meet their daily needs. Mr. Carpio added that since he began to serve the senior continue reading : The simple joy of the Senior Citizen
DSWD to hold PaskuJuan
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will be holding a nationwide holiday festival and bazaar dubbed as ‘PaskuJuan: Salu-Salo sa Pagbabago’ on November 30, 2014. The activity will serve as a venue for the different family beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program and the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) to showcase and sell continue reading : DSWD to hold PaskuJuan