JUDGES for the 2014 Search for Huwarang Pantawid Pamilya scrutinize the documentary evidence of provincial entries from Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo and Negros Occidental during the regional deliberation held on July 23, 2014 at the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office VI. This annual search aims to recognize families covered by Pantawid continue reading : Search for Huwarang Pantawid Pamilya

SOME 3,359 children coming from poor families in Western Visayas will now have the opportunity to earn a college degree through the Expanded Students’ Grant-in-Aid Program for Poverty Alleviation (ESGPPA) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The ESGPPA aims to effectively address poverty alleviation by increasing the number of graduates in higher continue reading : 3,359 poor get scholarship grants from DSWD

RELIEF AUGMENTATION TO AKLAN. The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office VI turned over 2,500 family packs for victims of super typhoon Yolanda in Aklan province on November 10, 2013. DSWD6 Regional Director Ma. Evelyn B. Macapobre leads the turnover to Congressman Teodorico Haresco Jr. (center) and Governor Florencio Miraflores (5th from right). continue reading : DSWD releases aid for Aklanons

ILONGGOS show their concern to victims of super typhoon Yolanda through their donations of goods and used clothing through the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office VI (DSWD6). Diwata Carmona of DSWD6 said that as of 1:00pm of November 11, the Department has recorded more than P30,000 monetized value of dry goods such continue reading : Donations start pouring in for ‘Yolanda’ victims

VOLUNTEERS coming from different organizations trooped at the DSWD Field Office VI compound to help in repacking of goods. Per record of the agency, fifteen organizations, aside from individuals, joined the repacking of goods since Wednesday afternoon. They were identified as Adventist Community Service, University of San Agustin, West Visayas State University Medical Center, Colegio continue reading : Volunteers troop to DSWD6 to help in repacking of relief goods

ALWAYS prepare for the rainy days. This is what Maribel Audencia’s mother instilled in her when she was growing up, always emphasizing the importance of saving something for tomorrow and the days ahead. This was the same mantra that Maribel lived by when she herself started her own family. Maribel, 42, of Brgy. Balijuagan, Roxas continue reading : Ma’s lessons come in handy

BACOLOD CITY—“What is 20 percent if we don’t have the 80 percent to realize it?” A group of senior citizens said referring to the 20 percent discount on goods and services that they are entitled to receive under Republic Act 9994. Teodoro M. Tomas, regional president of the Federation of Senior Citizens Association of the continue reading : More benefits for senior citizens pushed

A new strategy of providing foster care for children is being pushed by DSWD6 for implementation in Local Government Units. Dubbed, “Aruga at Kalinga sa mga Bata sa Barangay or Foster Care in the Barangay,” the approach, which falls under the Social Technology projects of the department, aims to establish a pool of foster parents continue reading : ‘Aruga at Kalinga sa mga Bata’ pushed for adoption of LGUs