The Regional Development Council of Region IV-A (CALABARZON) recently awarded recognition to the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office IV-A for topping the 2018 Search for Outstanding Implementation of Gender and Development (GAD) focused initiatives in the region. A plaque of recognition for Outstanding GAD Implementer under the group category was given to continue reading : DSWD receives GAD recognition from RDC CALABARZON

A total of 56,116 Listahanan poor households received P2,400 as Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) cash grant during the simultaneous payouts conducted in CALABARZON. The UCT for Listahanan households has now been served among all the provinces in the region – 12,272 households in Quezon, 10,305 households in Laguna, 9,694 households in Batangas, 8,319 households in continue reading : Listahanan poor households claim UCT cash grant

Greeted with a beam of sunlight in Rosario, Batangas on July 01, 2010 – it may seem like an ordinary day for Jason Mendoza, who worked as a construction worker in Batangas City and Rosario, Batangas. But that morning, a brief call from his children and he heard cries of how his children while their continue reading : The Loss of a mother and a gain of a new hope

T “Noong nalaman ko ang sakit ko, nasabi ko kaagad sa sarili ko na hindi ako pwedeng tumigil sa paghahanap-buhay.” A single mother, a house helper, and a Parent Leader, Nanay Ermilyn Molina made sure that she could provide all her daughters’ needs. She used to be a launderer, washing clothes from four different households continue reading : The Light in a Darkened Home

Carrying two large bags of grocery items, a few pieces of fruits and some medicine, 58-year-old Anaceta Valeroso is a picture of a relieved daughter. Upon arriving in their small home in Brgy. Aguado in Trece Martires City, Cavite, she immediately shows her mother, Purificacion Mustacisa, 83, her loot. She then receives a radiant smile continue reading : FINDING RELIEF IN LIFE

With every ounce of strength left from her legs, Nanay Lita does everything she could still do as a mother, wife, and a Parent Leader, even after the night of an incident that changed her life. Nanay Isabelita Bruzuela and Tatay Yudhewawhe, or Tatay Diwo, live a simple life as farmers in the small barangay continue reading : ENABLING HERSELF DESPITE DISABILITY