Nestor Arpia and his wife Susana wear smiles of relief due to the Kalahi-CIDSS farm to market road project in Brgy. Tagbacan Ilaya, Catanauan, Quezon. For years, they lived in fear because of frequent encounters in the area. But now that authorities have easier access to the barangay, the community’s living condition started to normalize. continue reading : Smiles of relief
Evaluation of Pantawid families begins
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) begins the assessment of the living condition of all the household-beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. The said assessment seeks to monitor the progress of poor families upon benefitting from different programs and services directed to them. In the CALABARZON Region, more than 326,000 families will continue reading : Evaluation of Pantawid families begins
Sending IP children to school.
Aeta children in this community learning center in Sitio Mactang, Brgy. Umiray in General Nakar, Quezon Province have now better chances of staying in school. Being beneficiaries of the MCCT for IPs in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, their families will receive conditional cash grants to ensure that their continue reading : Sending IP children to school.
DSWD extends help to tribes in hard-to-reach areas in Rizal and Quezon
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has registered a total of 793 families belonging to the Dumagat and Aeta groups in geographically isolated areas in Rizal and Quezon respectively under the modified conditional cash transfer for Indigenous People (MCCT for IPs) of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. The said IP families are those continue reading : DSWD extends help to tribes in hard-to-reach areas in Rizal and Quezon
Doing something for the family–from dependence to self-reliance
When her mother-in-law died, she thought it was the end of a good future for her family. Ma. Cristina Borbe, 42, a housewife from Brgy. Sampaloc 2 in Dasmariñas City, Cavite Province, admits that her family has to rely on her mother-in-law, especially when it comes to assuring a meal for her two children. Her continue reading : Doing something for the family–from dependence to self-reliance
COA findings on Pantawid Program resolved
Responding to news articles citing the findings of the 2013 Annual Audit Report of the Commission on Audit (COA) on Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program being implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman said that answers and clarifications to the audit observations have already been submitted to the state auditing firm. Sec. Soliman emphasized continue reading : COA findings on Pantawid Program resolved