The German Development Corporation-Bangladesh Study Mission commended the services provided to children in conflict with the law (CICLs) by the Philippine government during a visit conducted in the National Training School for Boys (NTSB) in Tanay, Rizal Province last October 8, 2015. The group, composed of 16 Bangladeshi researchers, lawyers and rehabilitation specialists, studied the continue reading : Bangladeshi researchers commend the govt’s services to young offenders
Guinayangan students receive skills training through BUB
Seventy one students in the town of Guinayangan in Quezon Province have received skills training through the Bottom-Up Budgeting (BUB) program implemented using the strategy of the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The said training on Certificate in Manufacturing Technology is provided by the National College of continue reading : Guinayangan students receive skills training through BUB
Tindahan para sa lahat
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