For 70 mothers in Brgy. Anabu 2C in Imus City, Cavite Province, a lot has changed since the opening of their community store in the city’s wet and dry market. From mere recipients of help from the government as beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, they’ve come a long way already as every one continue reading : Tindahan para sa lahat
TS Lando displaced families return home
All 1,196 families or 4,858 persons displaced by Typhoon Lando reported to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office IV-A has returned home. This is as per report of the agency’s Quick Response Team as of 9:00 PM of October 19, 2015. The said affected families are from 18 municipalities in the continue reading : TS Lando displaced families return home
WB, ADB cite volunteerism among local residents in 2 Quezon towns
Delegates from the World Bank (WB) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) commended local communities in two Quezon towns for their active volunteerism and ownership of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) program. This is during the implementation support mission of the continue reading : WB, ADB cite volunteerism among local residents in 2 Quezon towns
Pantawid mothers receive basic sewing training, sewing machines from E. Zobel Foundation
Nineteen beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program in Calatagan, Batangas Province recently completed a basic sewing training including a startup sewing machine under the Grassroot Livelihood Project of the E. Zobel Foundation. The said livelihood project is a public-private partnership project of the said Foundation and other agencies and organizations including the Department of continue reading : Pantawid mothers receive basic sewing training, sewing machines from E. Zobel Foundation
DSWD capacitates partners for better services for children
A total of 50 social workers from various local government units (LGUs) and child-caring agencies in the CALABARZON Region had been provided with technical assistance by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through a training on strengthened case management, particularly with regards to alternative family care for children. The said social workers are continue reading : DSWD capacitates partners for better services for children
Laguna Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries join National Family Day celeb
About 3,000 family-beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program from Laguna Province joined the thousands of families nationwide who celebrated the Pantawid Pamilya National Family Day 2015 last October 4, 2015. The said activity was conducted simultaneously in all regions in the country. In the CALABARZON Region, the said activity was conducted in Laguna Sports continue reading : Laguna Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries join National Family Day celeb