A total of 1,000 poor families received bags of blessing from the Metrobank Foundation and GT Foundation Inc. blessing last January 28. The said number of families are from Sta. Rosa City, Laguna and Imus City, Cavite and are among the 10,000 poor families nationwide identified by the DSWD’s Listahanan, a system which identifies who continue reading : 1K poor families in CALABARZON Region received bags of blessing
43 NTSB Residents receive TESDA Certification
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) recently awarded training certification to 43 residents of the National Training School for Boys (NTSB). The center, which is located in Brgy Sampaloc, Tanay, Rizal, provides residential and rehabilitative care to boys, age 18 years old and below, continue reading : 43 NTSB Residents receive TESDA Certification
Catanauan residents complete livelihood trainings, open to new opportunities
Fifty residents of Brgys. Poblacion 5 and 6 in Catanauan, Quezon Province recently provided means to earn more for their families through livelihood training courses on dressmaking and baking. The said residents, who earn less than Php7,000.00 per month, underwent a 15-days training on the dressmaking and baking under the program of the Technical Education continue reading : Catanauan residents complete livelihood trainings, open to new opportunities
AFP mobile kitchen serves 2K stranded passengers due to Nina
About 2,500 passengers who were stranded in Batangas Port because of Typhoon Nina were provided hot meals through the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) mobile kitchen set up in the said port last December 27, 2016. The said mobile kitchen was made in coordination with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the continue reading : AFP mobile kitchen serves 2K stranded passengers due to Nina
DSWD, Adarna Group promote early literacy for Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries
The Adarna Group Foundation, Inc. (AGFI), in partnership with the local government of San Antonio, Quezon, completed the pilot implementation of the Barangay Early Literacy Program for beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program last December 9 in the said municipality. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office IV-A has partnered with continue reading : DSWD, Adarna Group promote early literacy for Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries
A business for everyone
When a small feeds supply business started, 21 women began seeing a different future for their families. However, the story does not end with the 21 of them. Liza Bay, 43 years old, the treasurer of the Mapayapang Poblacion 2 Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) Association, shares how their humble feeds supply business is not only continue reading : A business for everyone