In Western Visayas, 4.8 % or 12,127 of the 252,584 Poor Households are Indigenous People.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development recently inaugurated a P4.8 million Bottom Up Budgeting (BUB) projects in Roxas City. Bottom Up Budgeting (BUB) projects in Roxas City. DSWD Assistant Secretary Hope Hervilla and Regional Director Rebecca Geamala attended Tuesday the inauguration of the P4 million 2- storey Crisis Center and P800, 000 Persons with continue reading : DSWD-BUB inaugurates P4.8-M projects in Roxas

FINANCIAL resources do not measure how a person becomes responsible and determined to survive in this world. In fact, there are a lot of people who lack financially but are willed to change their fate regardless of age even the most vulnerable sector in the society which are the elderly. Before, only those who had continue reading : Lola Aida gets her pension

Living a thrifty life calls for a lifestyle change. A beneficiary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) shares her tips on how thriftiness change their lives. “Save first before spending,” said Vilma Merisco, a beneficiary of Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP). Vilma is a resident of Dao in Capiz, Province. Married to Celso, continue reading : DSWD beneficiary shares tips on thriftiness

As she is sworn in by new President Rodrigo Duterte as the incoming Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), erstwhile University of the Philippines professor Judy M. Taguiwalo said that her administration in the government’s sixth biggest agency in terms of its cut in the budgetary pie will focus on Tunay continue reading : New DSWD Sec aims to lead Department in providing compassionate, swift services for poor; allows no room for corruption

In Kalahi-CIDSS, men and women are given equal opportunity to work in the construction of 1-unit classroom building at Cato-ogan Elementary School, Tobias Fornier, Antique

51.3% or 577,285 of the 1,126,302 poor individuals in Western Visayas are Children aged below 18 years old. ‪#‎DswdWesternVisayas‬ ‪#‎Listahanan‬

In Western Visayas, 13.7% or 85,986 of the 628,117 poor individuals aged 15 years old and above are Farmers, Forestry and Fisher Folks. #DSWDWesternVisayas #Listahanan

Sigurado, Kumpleto, Totoo! This tells about Listahanan assessment result that was launched recently at the historic Manila Hotel. Listahanan is also known as National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) database for identifying the poor and where they are in the country. The revelation of the results of the expanded national assessment was just continue reading : DSWD reveals nat’l assessment result