By Maricar M. Calubiran THE success story in the lives of the villagers in Barangay Nasidman, Ajuy painted a picture of DSWD’s Convergence Strategy that addresses poverty through harmonized implementation of its three major programs: the Kalahi-CIDSS (Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan- Comprehensive Integrated Delivery of Social Services), the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, and the Sustainable continue reading : DSWD’s CONVERGENCE PROGRAM: Projects Improving Lives in Nasidman
200 DSWD program recipients get new cellphones from Globe
TWO hundred beneficiaries of programs under the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office VI (DSWD6) were given new cellular phones and start-up livelihood capital by telecommunications giant, Globe Telecom. Apples Evangelista of Globe Telecom said the partnership with DSWD6 is “part of the company’s recovery and rehabilitation assistance to survivors of super typhoon continue reading : 200 DSWD program recipients get new cellphones from Globe
Listahanan ‘targets’ indigent elderly
Genevieve Besties (in red vest), an area supervisor for Listahanan, interviews Mr. Corsenie Rodriguez, 56, and his 96-year-old mother, Divina Rodriguez inside their abode in Barangay San Juan, Sipaway Island, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental. Listahanan, the official targeting system of the government, is now undertaking the special validation of Social Pension and Modified Conditional continue reading : Listahanan ‘targets’ indigent elderly
Putting back the pieces after typhoon Yolanda
PASSI CITY, ILOILO-Hers is a face that mirrors not just tranquility but joy as well. This despite after Yolanda’s wreckage left her and her family homeless. The home of 32-year-old Jean Caballero of Brgy.Cadilang, Passi City, Iloilo was not spared by Yolanda as it lashed in Northern portion of Panay affecting Iloilo, Capiz, Aklan and continue reading : Putting back the pieces after typhoon Yolanda
DSWD releases P13M for indigent seniors, day care kids in Capiz
The regional office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development had released a total of P13,077,600.00 to at least 11 municipalities in the province of Capiz for the beneficiaries of the Social Pension and Supplementary Feeding programs during the Ombudsman Caravan of Government Services held in the town of Maayon recently. The municipalities of continue reading : DSWD releases P13M for indigent seniors, day care kids in Capiz
RCW clients get therapy
They cheered, laughed, and had fun. For a day, the clients of the Regional Center for Women forgot the abuses and ordeal that they had been through. The RCW recently held a summer outing for its 34 women victims of domestic violence and sexual abuses at Mila’s Hill in New Lucena, Iloilo. There were games, continue reading : RCW clients get therapy
DSWD 6 releases P8.1B to poorest of poor thru Pantawid Pamilya in WV
The Department of Social Welfare and Development, through the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, has released a total of P8,130,729,900.00 to the indigent beneficiaries in the six provinces of Western Visayas since the start of the implementation of the program in 2008 to the present. Negros Occidental, which has the most number of beneficiaries, got the continue reading : DSWD 6 releases P8.1B to poorest of poor thru Pantawid Pamilya in WV
TRANSCENDING AGES: 80-year-old Lola Volunteers in Kalahi-CIDSS
By Maricar M. Calubiran Volunteerism knows no age just as service to the people is without limits. Eighty-year-old Rosalia Alfonso chose to spend the twilight years of her life by being one of the six active, from the original 24, community volunteers of Kalahi-CIDSS in Barangay Puis, New Washington, Aklan. A former barangay health worker continue reading : TRANSCENDING AGES: 80-year-old Lola Volunteers in Kalahi-CIDSS
Preventing domestic violence, child abuse in bunkhouses
ESTANCIA, ILOILO — “Ang pagiging tatay indi lang sa pangalan. Ang mga tatay katuwang sa panimalay kag sa pagpadako sa mga bata (Being a father is not just a term. Fathers are partners in running the households and bringing up the children),” said Ronnie Fuentes, 36, father of three children. Ronnie, one of the occupants continue reading : Preventing domestic violence, child abuse in bunkhouses
Finding hope through Kalahi-CIDSS
HORSE is a form of transport for carrying people and goods in Barangay Cambayobo, Calatrava, Negros Occidental. Cambayobo is 24 kilometers away from the town proper and has a rugged terrain. Kalahi-CIDSS is currently implementing a P3.2 million farm to market road in the area that will benefit 318 households in village and the residents continue reading : Finding hope through Kalahi-CIDSS