They used to roam the streets to beg or worse, get picked up by syndicated groups. Under DSWD’s Haven for Children, they are rescued and re-educated. While these children are under the care and custody of the Center, some are sent to formal schooling, others attend in-house non-formal education, and the remaining attend various Practical continue reading : DSWD Haven for Children rescues 27 street children

DSWD’s monitored cases of elderly abuse led to the pilot testing of a Reporting System and Prevention Program for Elderly Abuse Cases (ReSPPEC) in San Carlos City for Region 1. Violence against the elderly is defined as any elderly subjected to harmful behavior often inflicted by people who were entrusted to care for them, which continue reading : DSWD’s ReSPPEC sets in place actions on elderly abuse

Improvement of well-being is being escalated all the more among the 30 Pantawid Pamilya partner-beneficiaries who are now operating a 24-hour bakery in Anda, Pangasinan thanks to the capital assistance received from Sustainable Livelihood Program. They started producing the nutritious malunggay pandesal as the main product. Now, there are 11 kinds of local breads cooked continue reading : DSWD-SLP’s first bakeshop now in Anda, Pangasinan

300 DSWD partners took part in Dir. Marcelo Nicomedes J. Castillo’s presentation of CY 2015 accomplishments that bannered remarkable implementation of the Bottom-Up Budgeting (BUB) and advocacy of new social technologies resulting to 101 Memoranda of Agreement signed, among others. Good practices on BUB facilitated the completion of 165 projects in 93 cities and municipalities continue reading : State of DSWD Region 1 Address banners services on social protection for 2015

Coined from various lives touched by DSWD’s programs, the DSWD Field Office 1 launched its first theater play dubbed as ‘Teatro Iti Biag Ko’ (theater of my life) as among its strategic advocacy activities that also promote rehabilitation. This was featured during the State of DSWD Region 1 Address at Diego Silang Hall, Provincial Capitol, continue reading : DSWD residents act in ‘Teatro Iti Biag Ko’

Sustainable Livelihood Program’s (SLP) Php 1.8 million awarded to 175 Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries in Lingayen, Pangasinan upgraded their capacities in managing mini-stores commonly known as ‘Sari-Sari Stores’  by being trained on financial management. Project Development Officer Gilbert Cariño designed a livelihood training that encouraged unemployed Pantawid Pamilya adults in the Municipality of Lingayen, Pangasinan for livelihood continue reading : DSWD’s SLP builds cluster enterprise for 175 Pantawid Pamilya Beneficiaries

“The Listahanan initial list of poor households posted in the barangay halls by hired Area Supervisors (AS) of the National Household Targeting Unit (NHTU) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 1 (DSWD FO1) is not yet a final list or a new list for Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program beneficiaries,” NHTU Focal continue reading : Posted Listahanan Initial List of Poor Households not a 4Ps Beneficiary guarantee

Worth of relief augmentation such as food and non-food items delivered to requesting Local Government Units (LGUs) has reached Php 19.1M in the last 2 weeks. Hard-hit areas in Pangasinan got Php 15.9M for 214,743 affected families in 43 cities/municipalities; La Union, Php 3M for the 24,614 affected families in 19 LGUs; and only Adams, continue reading : DSWD releases Php 19.1M relief for Typhoon Lando victims to start early recovery and rehabilitation