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
Even single individuals can adopt a child
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’
3,359 poor get scholarship grants from DSWD
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
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
DSWD6 updates tri-media on status of programs, services
THE Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office VI (DSWD6) kept members of Iloilo-based tri-media abreast of its programs and services with a press conference held June 30, 2014 in Iloilo City. DSWD6 Assistant Regional Director Joel P. Galicia and Protective Services Unit Head Rosario A. Sanagustin led the status update on DSWD’s relief continue reading : DSWD6 updates tri-media on status of programs, services
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