Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program beneficiary Jocelyn Paraba believes that it is not enough to simply receive assistance from the government, but instead support and lend a hand to its advocated projects. Being a woman didn’t stop her to actively participate in the construction of their farm to market road project under the Grassroots Participatory Budgeting continue reading : Lending a hand towards a better community
68 new livelihood associations organized
For the 3rd Quarter of 2014 alone, the Department of Social Welfare and Development had organized a total of 68 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 continue reading : 68 new livelihood associations organized
Poor job seekers may benefit from DSWD’s pre-employment assistance
Beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program may now avail assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to aid them prepare for employment. The said assistance can be availed through the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) of the agency. The SLP is a community-based capacity building program that seeks to improve the socio-economic continue reading : Poor job seekers may benefit from DSWD’s pre-employment assistance
Good luck Farmers
Dir Leticia T. Diokno (left) and Ms Cristie S. Angeles of SM Foundation congratulate graduates of the Kabalikat sa Kabuhayan-Farmers Training Program during a simple ceremony recently held in SM Rosario (Cavite). The graduates include 80 Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program beneficiaries from the Municipality of Maragondon, Cavite. The said training enhanced the skills of the continue reading : Good luck Farmers
80 Pantawid beneficiaries complete SM Farmers Training
A total of 80 beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program from the Municipality of Maragondon, Cavite had recently completed the Kabalikat sa Kabuhayan-Farmers Training Program of the SM Foundation. The three-month-long training is part of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s efforts of ensuring that beneficiaries of the Pantawid Program are provided opportunities continue reading : 80 Pantawid beneficiaries complete SM Farmers Training
HELPING FARMERS IN THE LOCALITY.
Estrella Atienza, 40, of Brgy. Poblacion in San Francisco, Quezon Province, encourages beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino and Sustainable Livelihood programs of DSWD to sell their ubi harvests to the Sagisag ng SEA-K Association where she is the project manager. The association buys ubi crops from poor farmers across the locality at only a continue reading : HELPING FARMERS IN THE LOCALITY.