SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, Oct. 14 – Amidst the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic community quarantine, the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 1 (DSWD FO 1) ensured that relief resources are available, ready for augmentation and distribution. These resources will be provided to provincial and local government units (P/LGUs) and shall continue reading : DSWD ensures availability, readiness of relief resources for affected families in Ilocos region

The Municipality of Anda is very vulnerable to climate change being an island located in the province of Pangasinan, and needs to implement adaptation and mitigation measures to lessen or avoid the negative impacts to its residents especially those living in the coastal areas. With this, the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office continue reading : DSWD CCAM Cash for Work benefits 2,000 residents in Anda, Pangasinan

The National Household Targeting Section (NHTS) or Listahanan of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 1 (DSWD FO 1) is currently conducting the deduplication process of Listahanan 3 (L3) data of households. The deduplication process is part of the data cleansing activity to eliminate the duplicate households and household members found in continue reading : Listahanan 3 data of households now on deduplication process

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

“Para na kaming isang agila na pumapayagpag. Pinalakas ng 4Ps ang aming mga pakpak para malampasan ang mga darating na hamon sa aming buhay. (We are now like an eagle soaring high. 4Ps strengthened our wings to overcome the trials that will come our way.)” This is how Merly Clara, 50, from Brgy. Lucero, Bolinao, continue reading : Flying high from rough grounds

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