Ten years old Ma. Franzlyn Manalo, of Brgy Makina, Balete, Batangas Province is one of the 600,000 children-beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program in CALABARZON. She does not mind the distance she walks everyday from their house to her school and back, because what is important for her is not miss a class and get continue reading : 600K children completed school year 2013-14 through Pantawid Pamilya
Pantawid Pamilya: a step towards gender equality, too
Finding freedom through FDS When everyone else sees home as a safe haven, 41-year-old Lerma Armia feels otherwise. Lerma, a resident of Brgy Lalaguna in Lopez town, Quezon Province, admits to being submissive to her husband. Whenever he’s home, she becomes silent. She follows what he has to say and makes sure she does not continue reading : Pantawid Pamilya: a step towards gender equality, too
BENTE PESOS
From the Php20 she budgets for her family of six, forty-year-old Estrella Atienza (in white) of San Francisco, Quezon now manages fund 1,000 times bigger for their livelihood group under the Sustainable Livelihood Program. Her family’s truthfulness and faith to one another led them to overcome all the struggles and challenges they encounter as a continue reading : BENTE PESOS
Listahanan system started it all
Forty-year-old Normita Parzuelo now owns a lugawan in Barangay Poblacion in Sariaya, Quezon Province. For her, being identified as one of the poor households in a survey conducted last 2009 helped improve their lives. With 3 children, Normita and her husband would often ask for help from her mother-in-law for their daily expenses. Her husband earns Php140.00 in continue reading : Listahanan system started it all
Listahanan system started it all
Normita Parzuelo owns a lugawan in Barangay Poblacion in Sariaya, Quezon Province. For her, what helped improve her family’s living condition was being identified as one of the poor households in the Listahanan survey last 2009. ***** Forty-year-old Normita Parzuelo now owns a lugawan in Barangay Poblacion in Sariaya, Quezon Province. For her, being identified as one of the continue reading : Listahanan system started it all
Chasing all opportunities for their family of 11
Evangeline Roz and her husband Efren work almost non-stop to earn a living for their family of 11. It is only during rare days that someone is left at home considering that their children regularly go school. But, there was one in October 2008 when Efren was left at home and their household was surveyed. continue reading : Chasing all opportunities for their family of 11