During the series of Civil Society Organization (CSO)-Led Fora, the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 1 (DSWD FO1) announced that the Senate’s Social Welfare Justice and Rural Development Committee already signed the Committee Report on 08 March 2016. The said CCT Bill should be signed and approved by the President on or continue reading : CCT Bill now ready for second hearing at the Senate

Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services National Community-Driven Development Program (Kalahi-CIDSS NCDDP) organized a Press Conference to introduce the Program to its media partners. The recently conducted Press Conference was held right after a hand-over and ribbon-cutting ceremony in Burgos, Pangasinan. The media partners were invited to witness and cover continue reading : Kalahi-CIDSS acquaints with the media

DSWD Field Office I sponsored the first Adoption Congress and series of advocacy activities promoting legal adoption. As emphasized by Dir. Marcelo Nicomedes J. Castillo during the Adoption Congress, the event was a good venue to share opinions, experiences, and solicit advice on unresolved concerns in the process of adoption. The adoptive parents were described continue reading : To adoptive parents: thank you for giving life to these children – Dir. Castillo

James Daryll C. Rey, 12, a Pantawid Pamilya beneficiary from Brgy. Nagyubuyuban, City of San Fernando, La Union was declared as one of Young Earth Ambassadors chosen by the Kids-to-Forest Region 1 Technical Woking Group composed of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-1), Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University (DMMMSU), Department of Education continue reading : Young Earth Ambassador is a Pantawid Pamilya Beneficiary

From sun up to sun down, the World Bank (WB) documentary team filmed the usual chores of the Martinez Family, Model Pantawid Pamilya Family in Laoag City, during the WB’s Completion Mission Field Visit. Each detail of their daily routine as a family, community member, and especially as a Pantawid Pamilya beneficiary was filmed. According continue reading : World Bank features a Pantawid Pamilya Model Family in Ilocos Norte for a documentary

“There are 1,167 Pantawid Pamilya households not identified in the Listahanan database that are now currently being verified at National Household Targeting Unit (NHTU) Field Office 1 after the cross-matching of names in the system,” says NHTU Regional Field Coordinator Joan M. Nuesca. Nuesca added that upon receiving the list of households, she gave the continue reading : All Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries must be assessed, says Listahanan

“Mabalin kayo apo nga makaala ti Listaan iti marigrigat, libre met daytoy, makipag-MOA (Memorandum of Agreement) kayo laeng ti DSWD (Department of Social Welfare and Development) (You can have the list of poor households for free, just enter into a MOA with DSWD),” Listahanan Information Officer Jaymante Pearl B. Apilado said during the Validation and continue reading : Listahanan List of Poor Households is for free