To develop children’s capacities for self-confidence, self-esteem, friendship, leadership and mutual understanding through worthwhile activities and to help them become a happy, useful and active members of society, Agsugpon Tayo Project youth camp was recently conducted at Paradiso Beach Resort, Aringay, La Union This camp also aims to develop the children’s personality as well as continue reading : Agsugpon Tayo Project Youth Camp ignites capability and capacity

The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) strategy to ensure focused targeting of beneficiaries on Social Pension Program and Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program through the recently held special validation is near to completion. As of July 23, the Family Assessment Forms (FAF) encoding has reached 85% or 9,202 forms encoded. This is a part continue reading : Listahanan assures accurate data entry for DSWD’s program beneficiaries

As a ready response to the effects of ‘Typhoon Glenda’, DSWD Field Office 1 is ready to augment requests of Local Government Units (LGUs) with its 2,338 stockpile family food packs and 4,000 family food packs prepositioned in the provinces of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union and Pangasinan. At least 7,900 boxes of bottled continue reading : DSWD F01 ready to augment LGUs on ‘Typhoon Glenda’

Fifty-one (51) families whose houses were toppled by fire in Sual, Pangasinan will soon own their new houses so called ‘core shelter units’ with DSWD’s Core Shelter Assistance Program (CSAP). Construction materials amounting to Php 70,000.00 is allocated for each core shelter. The site development and other needed logistics will be the counterpart of Local continue reading : 51 Core Shelter Units to rise in Sual, Pangasinan

A former “kubrador” or collector of jueteng bets is now a more responsible mother and community leader. “Kung hindi dumating ang Pantawid Pamilya, hindi siguro ako natigil maging kubrador.” (If not with the coming of Pantawid Pamilya, I might not have stopped being a “kubrador”) said Margielyn Genese, a Parent Leader from San Manuel, Pangasinan. continue reading : From kubrador to Pantawid Pamilya Parent Leader

Persons with disability (PWDs) who never had formal schooling can now earn their diploma and training certificates through the converged services of DSWD and DepED-Alternative Learning System (ALS) called ‘I LOVE PWDs Project’. ‘I LOVE PWDs’ stand for Interactive Learning Opportunities Via Education for Persons With Disability. With DepED-ALS mobile teacher who have reached clients continue reading : DSWD, DepED – ALS complement services for ‘educable persons with disability (PWDs)

Ten (10) encoders are now facilitating data input of the entries of the Family Assessment Forms (FAFs) accurately gathered and filled out by the Enumerators deployed in the four provinces of Region 1. This is done for the special validation of the beneficiaries of Social Pension (SocPen) Program and the Modified Conditional Cash Transfer for continue reading : Special Validation for SocPen and MCCT-FNSP: FAF encoding starts