GRADUATION CEREMONIES are dreadful days for him. It has been four years since he last attended one but he still cannot forget the pain. When he graduated in elementary, not even his achievement as valedictorian, was able to erase the agony as he went home and saw his father already lying in a coffin. His continue reading : CCT beneficiary dreams of becoming an engineer

FOR many, happiness comes in the first cry of a child. For them, joy knocked at their door. Joshua, not his real name, was born as the fifth child to his biological mother Dina. But his mother was in a very difficult situation as her husband left her. She had no job and could not, continue reading : `Joshua’ brings home joy

BENEFICIARIES of the government’s Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program here in Region 6 have received a total of P10.7 billion in cash grants. Records of DSWD Regional Office 6 showed that the bulk of the amount went to beneficiaries in Negros Occidental with P3.7 billion; Iloilo, P3.2 billion; Capiz, P1.3 billion; Aklan, P1.03 billon; Antique, continue reading : CCT beneficiaries get P10.7B in WV

A TOTAL of 8,917 families from Indigenous Peoples groups in Western Visayas are being helped by the government through the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program. Records of the DSWD regional office 6 showed that 2,811 families are in Iloilo; 1,849 in Negros Occidental; 1,763 in Aklan; 1,493 in Capiz; 929 in Antique; and 72 in continue reading : 8,917 IP families get CCT in WV

DSWD to feed 198,360 children in WV THE Department of Social Welfare and Development will be feeding a total of 198,360 pre-schoolers enrolled in day care centers in Western Visayas. Records of DSWD6 showed that the beneficiaries include children in Negros Occidental numbering to 76,842; Iloilo, 62.645; Antique, 21,724; Capiz, 18,486; Aklan, 14,015; and Guimaras, continue reading : DSWD to feed 198,360 children in WV

By May Grecia-Rago, DSWD Regional Information Officer HE wore a loose grey shirt and a tranquil face while sitting on a wooden stage set for the formal turn-over of houses that was about to happen in Brgy. Pawa, Panay, Capiz. When I asked him where his house is, he pointed me to the rightmost shelter, continue reading : UN-Habitat, DSWD reap gains in Panay Island

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will be releasing a total of P404.9 million for the social pension of elderly in Western Visayas. Records of DSWD show that the highest chunk will go to Iloilo Province with P141.3 million; Negros Occidental, P93.8 million; Capiz, P54.7 million; Aklan, P51.3 million; Antique, P48.7 million and continue reading : DSWD to release P404M for elderly pension

The seven sub-projects project funded under the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), formerly AusAID for the implementation of Kalahi-CIDSS- DFAT projects in the town of Lemery are all functional. In 2013, Lemery received a grant of P8.7 million from DFAT, formerly AusAID for the implementation of Kalahi-CIDSS- DFAT projects. The grant was used continue reading : Kalahi-CIDSS projects in Lemery functional

THE DSWD has recently disclosed that more senior citizens will be benefiting from the Social Pension program. Judith Tanate-Barredo, focal person on Social Pension and the Elderly Sector, said that the program will cater to elderly indigents with age 65 and above this year. “While we only gave social pension to those indigent elderly 77 continue reading : More elderly to be covered by Social Pension

DSWD NEEDS YOU. The DSWD Field Office VI needs more than 600 encoders for Listahanan. Listahanan is a database of who and where the poor are in the country. Qualified are those who have at least two years in college and know how to use a computer. Applicants should bring an application letter and resume continue reading : DSWD needs you