“One hundred years from now, it will not matter what job I had, or what kind of car I drove, or how much money was in my bank account, but that I made a difference in a life of a child.” – Unknown Being able to provide quality education to their children at such a continue reading : Community exerts effort to give children better access to education

COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER Estelita Lorea started telling her horrible experience during Typhoon Yolanda with the loss of her brother. Had the community have a sturdy bridge connecting them from the town proper then, her brother would still be alive. Estelita recalled her brother and his co-worker were swept away by flood during Typhoon Yolanda when they continue reading : Foot bridge connects communities

Residents of Brgy. Mab-Riz, Maasin feel safe during heavy rains with the presence of a river wall protection. #KalahiCIDSSRehiyonSais #DSWDMayMalasakit #PatasNaPagtratoSaKomunidad #MaagapAtMapagkalingangSerbisyo #SerbisyongWalangPuwangSaKatiwalian #SamaSamangPagkilosNgMayMalasakit

SAN JOSE, Antique – The Department of Social Welfare and Development 6 has released more than P6 Million out of P18 Million funds to the beneficiaries of the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) of Antique.   Regional Director Rebecca Geamala said the amount was downloaded to the department through the efforts of Senator Loren Legarda. Geamala continue reading : DSWD-6 releases P6M to SLP Associations in Antique

  Black is beautiful. These are always the encouraging words of Mary Joy Baylon to herself every time she faces discrimination from her schoolmates because of her curly hair and black skin. Obviously, her native (Ati) looks is the rich beauty she inherited from her parents being members of the Indigenous People (IP) who are continue reading : IP high school grad now a lady guard

One hundred 4Ps students of Baluarte Elementary School in Brgy. Balurate in Molo, Iloilo City availed the “BAG KO, BAG-O” project sponsored by the Robinson’s Place Iloilo though the Iloilo Provincial Operations Office (IPOO) recently. Pearly Ann Fernandez, a 4Ps member, is very thankful for the bag she received from the sponsor. She said her continue reading : BAG-O BAG KO!

  A total of 49 parent leaders (PLs) from provinces of Guimaras and Iloilo now serve as program advocates of the Department of Social Welfare and Development 6 (DSWD-6) especially on the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). Training Specialist II Richard Dean Layon said these newly-trained PLs are now become effective partner-advocates after they completed continue reading : 49 parent leaders now serve as program advocates in Guimaras, Iloilo

OTON, ILOILO-Farmers and fishermen availed of a P500,000-worth livelihood project on Tuesday (April 25, 2017). The recipients, numbering to 45, are members of the Movement for Agrarian and Rural Advancement (MARA) in Brgy. Trapiche, Oton, Iloilo. The seed capital is a fund from DSWD’s Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) through the PAyapa at MAsaganang PamayaNAn (PAMANA). continue reading : Farmers, fishermen get P.5M livelihood

  ILOILO CITY –A total of 77 staff under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program have recently graduated from a Leadership course. These staff are mostly members of City/Municipal Action team (C/MAT), Provincial Action Team (PAT) and Regional Action Team (RAT) at their respective provinces who are in-charged in the implementation, planning, monitoring and evaluation of continue reading : 77 Pantawid staff graduate in Leadership Convergence Program

Pantawid Pamilya parent leaders (PL) through their association has put up their own sari-sari store along Bangga Mauring, Poblacion, Leganes, Iloilo to cater the basic needs of their fellow program members. The association has 28 members from 18 barangays of the said town and now supplying goods to 25 more small stores owned by their continue reading : 4Ps members open a convenience store