The data gathered during the house-to-house assessment for the special validation of Social Pensioners are now being encoded into the system being maintained by the DSWD’s Listahanan. Enumerators who are doing the assessment in the six provinces of Western Visayas have covered almost all the elderly in the masterlist who are to undergo special validation. continue reading : Special validation of Social Pension, MCCT beneficiaries ends this June
AIRWAVES OF CHANGE : Changing Communities through Broadcasting
By Maricar M. Calubiran HOT FM 102.9 station manager Allan Bartolo wanted to be a catalyst of change. And he did so by using the medium he knows best – broadcasting. Bartolo provides free airtime for the Kalahi-CIDSS over the FM station – an affiliate of Radyo Natin Network of the Manila Broadcasting Company. The continue reading : AIRWAVES OF CHANGE : Changing Communities through Broadcasting
DSWD to release P309M for Supplementary Feeding in WV
ILOILO CITY-The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VI will release P309 million for the implementation of Supplementary Feeding in Western Visayas. Of the amount, Aklan Province will receive P21.8 million; Antique, P34 million; Capiz, P25 million; Roxas City, P4.1 million; Guimaras, P7.2 million; Iloilo, P80.2 million; Iloilo City, P16.8 million; Negros continue reading : DSWD to release P309M for Supplementary Feeding in WV
Showcase of talent
MOTHER-grantees of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) showcased their talents in the Family Day celebration held June 11, 2014 by the Iloilo City government and DSWD. This celebration, held yearly for the past three years now, is headed by the Iloilo City Social Welfare and Development Office continue reading : Showcase of talent
DSWD’s CONVERGENCE PROGRAM: Projects Improving Lives in Nasidman
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
When duty calls
LISA Camacho knew that a typhoon, touted to be the strongest ever to hit the country, was forthcoming. But instead of rushing home to be with her family in Roxas City, Camacho, a Municipal Link (ML) assigned in Panay, Capiz, decided to stay. “We were instructed to stay put in our areas of assignment and continue reading : When duty calls