Increased people’s resiliency is the key to address the situation of poverty, says DSWD Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Juliano-Soliman during her recent visit in the region. To increase resiliency, the poor must be moved to the self-sufficiency status of well being. DSWD set strategic goals in order to respond: 1.) raise the status of 2.3 million continue reading : Increase people’s resiliency to combat poverty — Sec. Soliman

No Day Care Worker will be displaced. With the coming of the Early Years Act, the fear of being removed from the service will no longer be an issue among the Day Care Workers. This was pronounced by DSWD Secretary Corazon ‘Dinky’ Soliman in the presence of Ilocos Norte Governor Imee R. Marcos who also continue reading : Sec. Soliman, Gov. Marcos carry on Day Care Workers’ welfare in Region 1

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

Secretary Corazon ‘Dinky’ Soliman solidified the confidence of the Pantawid Pamilya Parent Leaders on the stability of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program even after the term of President Benigno Aquino III. This was the primary concern of the parent leaders (PLs) who were visited by Secretary Soliman in their training held at Palazzo de Laoag on continue reading : In Laoag City, Sec. Soliman assures continuity of CCT

“Nu saan nga gapu daytoy nga programa (SGPPA), saanak siguro nga nakalpas”, (If not for the scholarship, I may not be able to graduate.)said Gay Myrell Abrogena of Pinili, Ilocos Norte, the country’s first Student Grants in Aide Program for Poverty Alleviation (SGPPA) graduate. Myrell was one of the first 7 SGPPA scholar-graduates in the continue reading : Region 1’s first SGPPA graduate saved by scholarship

The Municipality of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte initiated the creation of Barangay Advisory Committee (BAC) for Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, a committee at the Barangay level that ensures the efficient and effective implementation of the program and prompt resolution of grievances, a first in the entire country. All the 43 barangays organized their respective BAC that continue reading : Bacarra, Ilocos Norte initiates PPBAC

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

At least 13,180 needy schoolers will be given Php 600.00 each in San Fernando City as one-time assistance from Department of Social Welfare and Development. ‘It shall serve its purpose as additional allowance for the children’s school needs timely for the opening of classes,’ Director Marcelo Nicomedes J. Castillo emphasized in an interview. This initiative continue reading : DSWD, Dep Ed to assist 13,180 students in San Fernando City