A 2-storey warehouse building worth PhP41 million will start its construction by September 2021 after soil testing. DSWD Regional Director Marie Angela S. Gopalan together with Governor Matthew J. Marcos Manotoc graced the groundbreaking ceremony at Barangay Camanggaan, Laoag City.  She mentioned that this ‘relief hub’ can contain a maximum of 50,000 family food packs continue reading : DSWD’s warehouse to rise in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, Sec. Bautista thanks lot donor Virgilio Corpuz

A total of 224 micro-entrepreneurs from Tayug, Pangasinan received the Livelihood Assistance Grant (LAG) from the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 1 (DSWD FO 1) on 12 July 2021. With more than PhP 2.2 million allotted fund, each LAG recipient received a cash assistance of PhP10,000.00 wherein most of them are into continue reading : More than 200 Tayugeño benefit from DSWD LAG

Bani Delicious Ice Cream Sustainable Livelihood Program Association (SLPA) enhanced knowledge on the production of dairy products made of carabao’s milk, through the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 1’s (DSWD FO 1) SLPA Learning Visit: Road to Mainstreaming on 15 July 2021 at Dairy Box, Asingan, Pangasinan. The said activity is in continue reading : Bayambang, Pangasinan ice cream makers SLPA undergo learning visit and training on carabao dairy products

This year’s Child Development Worker’s week celebration featured the Search for Best Child Development Workers, Dance Craze Challenge, CDW Jingle, and loyalty awardees. Mayor Raphael Ralph Benemirito II represented by Municipal Social Welfare and Development Officer Racquel Isidora De Guzman welcomed the participants to the event as it was recently hosted at Saud, Pagudpud, Ilocos continue reading : DSWD FO1, Reg’l. Fed. of Day Care Workers (RFDCW) award Best Child Development Workers (CDWs) of Region 1

Spearheaded by Regional Director Marie Angela S. Gopalan, the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 1 (DSWD FO 1) released a total of PhP 3 million Livelihood Assistance Grant (LAG) to 600 beneficiaries in the town of Bayambang, Pangasinan.  A total of 578 tricycle drivers, vendors, farmers, and other micro entrepreneurs received a continue reading : RD Gopalan: LAG is more than just cash assistance

A total of 105 micro entrepreneurs from Adams, Ilocos Norte received the Livelihood Assistance Grant (LAG) on 1 July 2021 from the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 1 (DSWD FO 1) in partnership with the municipal government. Jennifer B. Obunan, a 28-year-old Yapayao soft broom maker and LAG recipient, said that border continue reading : Adams, IN soft broom makers, other micro entrepreneurs receive DSWD livelihood aid

As part of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s 10th anniversary of its Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP), the said agency awarded DSWD Field Office 1 (FO 1) as Best Implementer for SLP Regular on 7 July 2021. DSWD FO 1 was able to attain a 100% obligation on the 1st semester allocation for SLP continue reading : DSWD FO 1 wins National Best Implementer for SLP Regular

The Local Government Unit (LGU) of Santol, La Union signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 1 (DSWD FO 1) for the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) or Listahanan. The crafted and signed MOA between the DSWD FO 1 and the LGU of continue reading : Listahanan shares data of poor households with LGU Santol, LU