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
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
A growing business and a new home—Opportunities for a poor family’s brighter future
A BUSINESS FOR THE FAMILY. Remedios Magadia, 55, a beneficiary of the DSWD’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program and Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP), manages a dressmaking business through the help of the zero-interest capital assistance provided by the SLP. From just one sewing machine, which she used to support her four children, she now has five continue reading : A growing business and a new home—Opportunities for a poor family’s brighter future
DSWD, NCST sign partnership for skills training, employment
SKILLS TRAINING FOR EMPLOYMENT. DSWD IV-A Regional Director Leticia T. Diokno (2nd from right) and NCST President and Executive Officer Emerson Atanacio (3rd from right) sign a Memorandum of Agreement for the provision of skills training on Certificate in Manufacturing Technology for the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. The said agreement is part continue reading : DSWD, NCST sign partnership for skills training, employment
2014 Highlights: 366 livelihood associations organized
For year 2014 alone, the DSWD had organized a total of 366 livelihood groups, known as Self Employment Assistance Kaunlaran Associations (SKAs), in the CALABARZON Region. The said associations were organized under the Sustainable Livelihood Program of the Department. The program aims to build the capacity of identified beneficiaries to engage in micro-enterprise activities or continue reading : 2014 Highlights: 366 livelihood associations organized
A responsible mother at last
No matter how hard she tries, she felt she was an irresponsible mother. Forty two-year-old Analiza Mancio, a resident of Brgy. Maguiting in San Narciso, Quezon Province, no longer have time for her children. “Sa sobrang hirap ng buhay, di ko na nabibigyang pansin ang mga anak ko dahil tutok ako sa pagtatrabaho. Kahit ang continue reading : A responsible mother at last