Pangasinan – DSWD Field Office 1, together with DSWD Undersecretary Aimee S. Torrefranca-Neri, distributed a total amount of PhP22,237,000.00  to some 4,657 beneficiaries that include market vendors, public utility jeepneys, tricycle, and boat operators and drivers; and patients and COVID-19 frontliners in Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) in Dagupan City. The Undersecretary also conducted on-the-spot continue reading : Dagupan City’s AICS clients receive more than PhP22M financial assistance

Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 1 (DSWD FO 1) will start posting the initial list of poor households in every barangay of Region 1 this October 2020. Posting of the said list is part of the Listahanan Validation and continue reading : Listahanan 3 Initial List of Poor Households in Region 1 to be released in October

Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field     Office 1 (DSWD FO 1) is now at the peak of encoding data from the accomplished Household Assessment Forms (HAFs) of Listahanan 3 (L3) enumerators. The data collected from the households from October 2019 to continue reading : Listahanan 3 Encoding Activity now in full operation

A saying “Calmness is a great source of strength” by the great Chinese Philosopher Lao Zu best describes the leadership of Ms. Anniely J. Ferrer, former Chief of the Policy and Plans Division (PPD) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 1 (DSWD FO 1). Her humility as exemplified by her calmness continue reading : A woman with a distinct Calmness

Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 1 (DSWD FO 1) officially announced the start of the house to house assessment of Listahanan hired Enumerators this last week of October. More than 1,000 Enumerators were deployed in Region 1 to assess 976,551 continue reading : Listahanan 3 assessment in Region 1 begins

Systems Technology Institute (STI) College located at the City of San Fernando, La Union received the list of poor households from the Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 1 (DSWD FO 1) to look for potential beneficiaries under the scholarship program continue reading : STI College receives the Listahanan data of poor households

The three senior citizen siblings with different disabilities are regular Social Pensioners of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 1 (DSWD FO 1) Social Pension Program who each receives a PhP500.00 monthly pension or a PhP1,500.00 quarterly pension. Lola Narcisa Agmata (eldest) with physical disability, Lolo Alfredo Cabinian with speech and hearing continue reading : DSWD Social Pension Program supports three siblings with disabilities

Santol, La Union – The Local Government of Santol, La Union has turned its drug surrenderers, now called completers, to productive mircoentrepreneurs through the implementation of DSWD’s “Yakap Bayan”, a program that aims to turn recovering drug dependents to community leaders, volunteers, and active citizens in the society. Part of the reintegration program is the continue reading : From Drug Surrenderers to Microentrepreneurs