Ilocos Norte is actually very close to what the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) is trying to achieve which is to eliminate extreme poverty and hunger, said Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman. In a media forum held at the Plaza del Norte, Laoag City, Secretary Soliman claimed that Ilocos continue reading : Ilocos Norte as model champion in poverty reduction – Sec. Soliman
DSWD uses new systems for SocPen and MCCT-FNSP special validation
For faster and more efficient data entry on household assessment, new Information Technology (IT) systems were developed by the National Household Targeting Office (NHTO) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). These systems include the User Management System (UMS), Barangay/Community Characteristics (BCC), Operations Monitoring System (OMS) and Family Assessment Form (FAF) Data Entry continue reading : DSWD uses new systems for SocPen and MCCT-FNSP special validation
DSWD, SWEAP Field Office 1 chapter on partnership with SSS
All the Contract of Service Workers (COSW) and Job Orders (JO) personnel of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 1 (DSWD FO1) are now ensured of social security protection under the Expanded Self-Employed Program of the Social Security System (SSS). This is after the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signing between and among continue reading : DSWD, SWEAP Field Office 1 chapter on partnership with SSS
DSWD’s Supplementary Feeding Program, on its 4th year
Serving the best welfare and interest of Day Care Children and DSWD’s contribution to the Millennium Development Goal Number 1, the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger, the Supplementary Feeding will continue to feed at least 97,026 Day Care Children in Region 1 for 2014. For 2013, DSWD downloaded Php 136,000,000.00 to the Local Government continue reading : DSWD’s Supplementary Feeding Program, on its 4th year
DSWD to validate Social Pension Program and MCCT-FNSP beneficiaries
To determine the poverty status of the Social Pension Program for indigent Senior Citizens and Modified Conditional Cash Transfer for Families in Need of Special Protection (MCCT-FNSP) beneficiaries/recipients who are not registered in the Listahanan database of poor households, the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 1 (DSWD FO1) conducts special validation in continue reading : DSWD to validate Social Pension Program and MCCT-FNSP beneficiaries
Solsona Pantawid Beneficiaries Arise in ‘Vermiculture’ from DSWD’s Cash for Work
A dream came true with vermiculture. A practical and environment-friendly, earning enterprise has reached 299 Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries in Solsona, Ilocos Norte, who are now maintaining 716 beds/units of vermi worms. It can be recalled that in 2011, DSWD’s Cash for Work Program was tapped by the Local Government of Solsona for the restoration of continue reading : Solsona Pantawid Beneficiaries Arise in ‘Vermiculture’ from DSWD’s Cash for Work
DSWD awards capital assistance to Adamians
On May 1, 2014, Labor Day, DSWD released Php 77,000.00 capital assistance to 10 Pantawid beneficiaries for their soft broom and wine making projects which are among the viable projects in Adams, Ilocos Norte. This assistance was made possible in coordination with the District Office of Congressman Rodolfo Fariñas to support the income generating activities continue reading : DSWD awards capital assistance to Adamians
ERPAT trained fathers in Anda, Pangasinan now on groundworks
At least 50 men and 15 evangelical church pastors trained on DSWD’s ERPAT are now setting trends in community participation, savings mobilization, gender sensitivity, and in building better families in Anda, Pangasinan. With the supervision of Municipal Social Welfare and Development Officer Jowey Celso, strategies and success stories of fathers trained by DSWD on Empowerment continue reading : ERPAT trained fathers in Anda, Pangasinan now on groundworks