National Household Targeting Unit (NHTU)/Listahanan assessment of the Department of Social Welfare and Development – Field Office I (DSWD-FO1) is still ongoing in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte. The rest of the cities/municipalities of the four provinces already finished the assessment. According to NHTU Regional Field Coordinator (RFC) Joan Nuesca, the 1 month original timeframe for continue reading : Listahanan assessment nears its end

Two (2) Philippine Navy Ships (BRP Ivatan AT928 and BRP Batak AT299) carrying 13,602 Family Food Packs (FFPs) or 2,267 sacks of relief goods from the National Resource Operations Center of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) arrived yesterday at Poro Point, City of San Fernando, La Union. The FFPs are for augmentation continue reading : Additional DSWD family food packs arrive

“It’s never been easy to live life. This is reality. This blind old woman was living alone and has nothing but herself. It is a heart breaking scenario.” This is a caption of Lorie Lei Panday’s Facebook post last 7 July 2015. Lorie Lei is an Area Supervisor of the National Household Targeting Unit (NHTU) continue reading : Re-interview of Listahanan Area Supervisor leads to charity

Since the second phase (Data Collection and Analysis Phase) of household assessment headed by the National Household Targeting Unit (NHTU) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development – Field Office 1 (DSWD – FO1) is ending soon, the NHTU Regional Field Coordinator Joan Nuesca with other NHTU staff assisted Pasuquin Area Supervisor Sharon Bulosan continue reading : NHTU Staff assist in Pasuquin, IN household assessment

DSWD’s capacity to facilitate employment through Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) was again realized after partnering with the Region 1 Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and Vigor International Security Training Academy. Just after the Recognition Rites of the Security Guards’ completion of their 9-day training, a screening was done by the Eagle Matrix Security continue reading : 104 Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries access employment immediately

Initiated by the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Piddig headed by Mayor Eddie Guillen, the convergence of Government Agencies was seen through the Piddig Organic Coffee Production Project in Ilocos Norte (IN). Said project is a pilot Convergence Area Development Project of the Regional Convergence Initiative for Sustainable Rural Development (RCI-SRD) in Region I as continue reading : Piddig Organic Coffee Production Project unites Gov’t Agencies

A first time Listahanan Enumerator (EN) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development – Field Office I (DSWD FO1), Neil Manangan did not just assess the household of Mr.Teodoro Dancel of Brgy. Colo, Batac City, Ilocos Norte. He also paved the way for Lolo Teodoro, living alone in his small house, to receive additional continue reading : Listahanan Enumerator helps his respondent

The newly built 2-storey evacuation center of Tubao, La Union is among the results of the careful planning and prioritization done by community leaders and officials under the processes of the Bottom-Up Budgeting (BUB) sponsored by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Catering to five hazard-prone barangays, this center increases the disaster preparedness continue reading : Tubao, La Union gets Php 6.2 M Evacuation Center from DSWD’s Bottom-Up Budgeting