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

Vice Mayor Sandra T. Cabreros formally declared the passage of Sangguniang Bayan Resolution Number 2021-04-75 “A Resolution in Support to the Pantawid Pamilya Exiting and Graduating Household Beneficiaries in the Municipality of Currimao, Ilocos Norte” during the Pantawid Pamilya Graduation Ceremony. She is hopeful that with the assistance of the Local Government Unit (LGU), the continue reading : Mayor Quilala to 4Ps Graduates: You are the Fruits of Sacrifices

The Local Government Unit of Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte formally accepted the case folders of 31 household beneficiaries (eight graduating and 23 exiting households) during the Pantawid Pamilya Graduation Ceremony, the first in the province. The turn-over of case folders from the DSWD Field Office 1 signifies the provision of needed programs and services by the continue reading : LGU Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte assures quality delivery of programs and services to 4Ps Graduates

Simple but challenging. Together but have nothing. That is how Edna Puda describes her family’s everyday struggle to survive. Every second counts to make it through the day. Edna, a mother of nine hails from Brgy. Balingasay, Bolinao, Pangasinan. Her family has no single property to brag and made them suffer from the fangs of continue reading : Leave to live

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

To motivate the 130 Livelihood Assistance Grant (LAG) recipients of Batac City, Ilocos Norte who received cash assistance on 28 May 2021 at the Plaza Maestro, Mayor Albert D. Chua committed to provide free sanitary permits for those who would register their microenterprise as business. Mayor Chua emphasized the importance of securing a sanitary permit continue reading : Bataqueño LAG recipients to receive free sanitary permit from LGU