MAJORITY of the poor in Western Visayas have access to safe drinking water. Based on the database of Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR), 55 percent or 139,807 households of the total 252,584 identified poor households have access to safe water sources. The remaining 45 percent, or 112,777, draw water continue reading : 55% of poor gets safe drinking water in WV
Rice for Pantawid beneficiaries
“There will be rice for 4Ps (Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program) beneficiaries. It will be 20 kilograms per month per household. President Duterte says “ayaw kong may nagugutom.” This is going to take effect next year. It is included in the budget proposal. We wanted to start it this year but we don’t have the budget. continue reading : Rice for Pantawid beneficiaries
Tunay na Malasakit
Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) says that the agency is bent into serving with “tunay na malasakit sa mahirap” during the recently conducted Visayas Cluster Dialogue in Iloilo City. #DSWDMayMalasakit
Give a face to statistics-Usec Villar
We have to give a human face to the statistics (Usec. Florita Villar,DSWD) DSWD #DSWDMayMalasakit
NEDA to use Listahanan
We’ll use Listahanan in Regional Development Plan (Yvette Batacandolo, NEDA6) DSWD #DSWDMayMalasakit
Fisherfolk association produces squid ring products
Having a child with disability makes her stagnant for many years. Leobelia Ganancial, 54, of Brgy. Nipa, Concepcion, Iloilo could not imagine how she has overcome the struggles she has been through in taking care of her handicapped girl child, who is now 14 years old and Grade 9 student of Lo-ong National High School. continue reading : Fisherfolk association produces squid ring products
Scavengers making profits out of wastes
Who could tell these colorful bags are made from recyclable plastic wastes? Waste pickers from Brgy. Bachao Sur, Kalibo, Aklan turned waste materials into useful bags and wallets to make a living. Women waste recyclers from the said barangay organized themselves into an Association of Women Waste Recyclers of Kalibo (AWARE-Kalibo) by the help of continue reading : Scavengers making profits out of wastes
DSWD 6 launches Listahanan database
The Department of Social Welfare and Development Region VI recently launched its database of poor households. Dubbed Listahanan, also known as National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction or NHTS-PR, the database is a comprehensive record of households that gives a name and a face to the poor. The launching of the database, with the continue reading : DSWD 6 launches Listahanan database
252, 584 households in Western Visayas are poor
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through its Listahanan program, has listed a total of 252, 584 poor households in Region 6. This was presented during the Listahanan Launching which was held recently. Out of the 252, 584 households identified as poor in Western Visayas; 128,498 households are identified in Iloilo; 43,147 in continue reading : 252, 584 households in Western Visayas are poor
From a plain housewife to being a cook
She was just like other married women. She stayed at home and attended to the needs of her husband and children. Her husband worked as a television technician with a daily income P300. That was the life of Mylieh Solidio Centina, 50 years of age and a resident of Molo Iloilo City four years back. continue reading : From a plain housewife to being a cook