LEGAL ADOPTION. Potential adoptive parents attend the Adoption and Foster Care Forum initiated by the DSWD Field Office VI as part of its continuous advocacy to childless couples and those who want to adopt a child to undergo legal process. Melin Gerona, Social Welfare Officer II, said they are encouraging those who want to foster continue reading : Even single individuals can adopt a child
32 LGUs, 4 NGAs are new Listahanan data users
THIRTY-TWO more local government units and four national government agencies have signed a memorandum of agreement with the Department of Social Welfare and Development for the use of the agency’s Listahanan or National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction’s (NHTSPR) database of poor households. Records of the National Household Targeting Unit show that all the continue reading : 32 LGUs, 4 NGAs are new Listahanan data users
KALAHI CIDDS-NCDDP employs IP Woman as ‘bodegera’
By Maricar M. Calubiran GIVING an Indigenous Peoples (IP) woman a chance to earn a living in a male-dominated world is fulfilling and redeeming at the same time. It makes one proud of herself and her IP group. Sporting a pony-tailed hair and clutching a bag, Evelyn Asiong walks her way to the compound of continue reading : KALAHI CIDDS-NCDDP employs IP Woman as ‘bodegera’
Pantawid Pamilya extends age coverage of children-beneficiaries
THE national government’s conditional cash transfer (CCT) program, the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, has extended its age coverage of children-beneficiaries to include 15 to 18 years old. Assistant Regional Director Joel P. Galicia of the Department of Social Welfare and Development 6 (DSWD6) said the age extension aims to strengthen the government’s investment in human continue reading : Pantawid Pamilya extends age coverage of children-beneficiaries
RAC FIELD VISIT: Partners impressed by impacts of Pantawid Pamilya
The Pantawid Pamilya’s Regional Advisory Committee (RAC) recently held a Field Visit for its members from the different agencies of the government including the Civil Society Organization in Madalag, Aklan. Representatives from the Department of Health, Department of Education, Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, National Commission on Indigenous People, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Department continue reading : RAC FIELD VISIT: Partners impressed by impacts of Pantawid Pamilya
KALAHI CIDSS-NCDDP Empowers Women
By Maricar M. Calubiran CONSTRUCTION site is no place for a woman, but not for the 24-year-old Monica Nama, who works side by side with men, and two other women, in the building of Kalahi-CIDSS-funded health station in Guinatuan, Madalag, Aklan. Her mere presence in that male-dominated workplace exudes empowerment and defies gender bias, a continue reading : KALAHI CIDSS-NCDDP Empowers Women
DSWD6 links Parent Leaders to programs of other NGAs
PARENT Leader Maribel Audencia makes native delicacies and homemade peanut butter which she also sells in their village in Balijuagan, Roxas City. After attending the Information Caravan facilitated by the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office VI (DSWD6), Maribel got an idea on how she could further improve her small business. “Naka learn continue reading : DSWD6 links Parent Leaders to programs of other NGAs
Special validation of Social Pension, MCCT beneficiaries ends this June
The data gathered during the house-to-house assessment for the special validation of Social Pensioners are now being encoded into the system being maintained by the DSWD’s Listahanan. Enumerators who are doing the assessment in the six provinces of Western Visayas have covered almost all the elderly in the masterlist who are to undergo special validation. continue reading : Special validation of Social Pension, MCCT beneficiaries ends this June
AIRWAVES OF CHANGE : Changing Communities through Broadcasting
By Maricar M. Calubiran HOT FM 102.9 station manager Allan Bartolo wanted to be a catalyst of change. And he did so by using the medium he knows best – broadcasting. Bartolo provides free airtime for the Kalahi-CIDSS over the FM station – an affiliate of Radyo Natin Network of the Manila Broadcasting Company. The continue reading : AIRWAVES OF CHANGE : Changing Communities through Broadcasting
DSWD to release P309M for Supplementary Feeding in WV
ILOILO CITY-The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VI will release P309 million for the implementation of Supplementary Feeding in Western Visayas. Of the amount, Aklan Province will receive P21.8 million; Antique, P34 million; Capiz, P25 million; Roxas City, P4.1 million; Guimaras, P7.2 million; Iloilo, P80.2 million; Iloilo City, P16.8 million; Negros continue reading : DSWD to release P309M for Supplementary Feeding in WV