In a poor family, every member’s desire to get out of the situation counts. For the Cabangon Family of Brgy.Taguin in Macalelon, Quezon Province, it is through every member’s hard work that they’ll be able to achieve the good life they all are dreaming to have. Melanie, a mother of five, is thankful that the continue reading : EVERY EFFORT COUNTS
IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH EDUCATION.
Melanie Cabangon, a beneficiary of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program from Brgy. Taguin in Macalelon, Quezon Province, can never be prouder as a mother seeing her children determined to improve their lives through taking their education seriously. Like what she learned from the program, she knows that the hard work of every member of the continue reading : IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH EDUCATION.
WORKING TOGETHER, IMPROVING TOGETHER
With no dull moment together, a group of more than 30 mothers finds it hard to believe that they were once strangers to one another. “Noon, kapagnagkakasalubong kami sa barangay, hindi kami nagpapansinan.Perongayon, malapitnakamingmagkakaibigan. Magkakapatid pa ngaangamingturingan,” shared parent leader Josephine “Josie”Talmadge, 34. If there was anything common among them, it is making bamboo sticks continue reading : WORKING TOGETHER, IMPROVING TOGETHER
FINDING THEIR WORTH IN THE COMMUNITY.
A group of more than 30 mother-grantees of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program in Brgy.Mabato in Maragondon, Cavite Province, finds great satisfaction because they are now considered assets in their barangay. Twice every month, the group engages in volunteer community activities such as clean-up drives as a means to give back to the blessings they continue reading : FINDING THEIR WORTH IN THE COMMUNITY.
FINDING SELF-WORTH DESPITE HER DISABILITY.
Cristina Olivario, 47, of Brgy. Caloocan in Talisay, Batangas Province, lacks self-esteem because of her disability. She has a leg problem and has difficulty in walking, which gets worse as she gets older. Her condition is unknown to her since even the doctors couldn’t give her an explanation of her situation. As a beneficiary of continue reading : FINDING SELF-WORTH DESPITE HER DISABILITY.
35 NTSB residents complete Elementary, High School
Thirty-five residents of the DSWD-managed National Training School for Boys (NTSB) recently graduated from Elementary and High School during the annual Graduation and Commencement Exercises Jose Fabella Memorial School (JFMS) held last March 18, 2015 at the NTSB grounds in Tanay, Riza. JFMS officials and faculties lead by Ms. Rosie A. Casono, assistant to the continue reading : 35 NTSB residents complete Elementary, High School