Eight million worth of Livelihood Assistance was awarded by the DSWD Field Office 1 – Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) to qualified beneficiaries in Ilocos Norte under the fund of Ilocos Norte 1st District Representative Ferdinand Alexander “Sandro” A. Marcos III. Twenty SLP Associations with 23 association projects and 304 individual projects, 25 individual referrals, and continue reading : SLP Livelihood Assistance awarded to beneficiaries of Ilocos Norte

Undernutrition and poverty in the Philippines have been the biggest problems the country is facing. Most of its population do not meet the proper nutrition especially young children causing them to be stunted. One of the poverty reduction strategies that the government is doing is community gardening through the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). This continue reading : Aringay Veggies SLPA addresses Nutritional Crisis

The daily life of Raymond Muella of Brgy. 15 San Jose Sitio 7, San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte depends on tricycle sidecar making. It provided the daily needs of his family for years until the pandemic heightened. His enterprise suffered from losing clients because of community lockdowns. To cope with the global outbreak, he maximized the continue reading : Not only a Sidecar Maker but also a Vlogger

The Philippines has a rapidly growing population and a large percentage of poor Filipino youth are entering the job market to make ends meet for their families. Despite this, the country’s job market remains to be challenging, especially for those who did not finish tertiary education causing many to remain unemployed. YouthWorks PH and Career continue reading : YouthWorks PH Partners with DSWD Uno in providing Employment Assistance to Youths

“Pasideline sideline lang kami noon at nagpapatakbo ng maliit na negosyo sa Brgy. Bacsil, Bacnotan, La Union. Ang meron lang kami ay sublimation machine, machine cutter, at second hand na desktop. Saktuhan lang ang aming kita noon at  hindi pa namin mabili ang gusto (Before, we were just side hustling and running a small business continue reading : Printing dreams into reality

Pagpupursige sa pag-aaral at pagpapahalaga sa suporta ng Gobyerno – ito ang laging itinatatak sa isip at prinsipyo ni Jonalyn K. Espejo, 24 taong gulang, mula sa Barangay Peralta, Dingras sa probinsya ng Ilocos Norte. Mula elementarya hanggang sekondarya, nasa ilalim siya ng suporta ng Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino continue reading : Programa, Serbisyo ng Gobyerno: Gabay sa Pag-asa, Maginhawang Pamumuhay

Nagkaroon ng Data Sharing Agreement (DSA) ang lungsod ng San Fernando, La Union at ang DSWD Field Office 1 para makuha ang listahan ng mahihirap na sambahayan na natukoy ng National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction o Listahanan. Base sa database ng Listahanan 3, may 293 na sambahayan sa lungsod ng San Fernando ang continue reading : DSWD FO 1 ibinahagi ang Listahanan 3 data ng mahihirap sa lungsod ng San Fernando, La Union

The DSWD Field Office 1 (FO 1) conducts its Information Serbisyo Caravan in Salcedo, Ilocos Sur. It provided services, assistance, and consultation on site. The Social Marketing Unit discussed the different DSWD programs and services, its regulations, qualification and requirements to avail assistance from the agency. Meanwhile, the Disaster Response Management Division (DRMD) tackled Family continue reading : Information Serbisyo Caravan in Salcedo benefits 75 poor households