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
Children in conflict with the law (CICL) deserve a second chance
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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
Pursuing her mission, the right way
The lure of finally continuing her studies made her took the bait. Jolens (not her real name) has experienced the struggles of growing up in a poor family. When her father died when she was a child, the burden became bigger. This fueled her to help her family financially and dream of pursuing her education. So continue reading : Pursuing her mission, the right way