Re-assessment and assessment of Listahanan/National Household Targeting Unit (NHTU) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development – Field Office I (DSWD-FO1) will close this December 2015. NHTU Regional Field Coordinator Joan M. Nuesca informed the NHTU Area Supervisors (AS) assigned in all cities and municipalities of Region 1 that they have only 10 days continue reading : Listahanan re-assessment and assessment to end this December

Expanded Students’ Grants-in-Aid Program for Poverty Alleviation (ESGP-PA)  grantees pledged support to the advocacy of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to institutionalize Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) or Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. These ESGP-PA grantees who are also Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries are the priorities of the DSWD for educational grant for deserving and continue reading : ESGP-PA grantees support CCT Institutionalization

“Komunidad at Pamahalaan Magkaisa, Pang-aabuso sa Bata Wakasan na!” is this year’s theme for the Regional Children’s Month Celebration.  For commemoration, the DSWD FO1 invited selected Day Care children regionwide, members of the Regional Council for the Welfare of Children, Regional Federation of Day Care Workers, and Local Government Units. In the speech of Vigan continue reading : Children’s Month Celebration: Protect children’s rights

In celebration of the National Children’s Month in November, two selected elementary schools in the City of San Fernando, La Union were visited by the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 1 to give happiness and appreciation to the children beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. 228 children beneficiaries from Lingsat Elementary School continue reading : Compliant children beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilya receive gifts from DSWD FO1

Ericka Mae U. Bacalso, 13, from Balungao, Pangasinan, a Grade 7 student of Rajal-Angayan National High School, is this year’s Regional Winner in the Search for Exemplary Pantawid Pamilya Children 2015. Among the four provincial contenders, Ericka bested the search with her outstanding achievements and participation in her school and community. She also possesses good continue reading : DSWD FO1 adjudges Regional Exemplary Pantawid Pamilya Child Winner 2015

Validation and Finalization Phase assessment of  Listahanan/National Household Targeting Unit (NHTU) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development – Field Office I (DSWD-FO1) is ongoing for those 14,346 complaints regarding a specific household claiming to be included in the list of poor, but was not interviewed by enumerators (ENs) during the regular assessment conducted continue reading : Listahanan starts Validation and Finalization Phase assessment

“The Listahanan initial list of poor households posted in the barangay halls by hired Area Supervisors (AS) of the National Household Targeting Unit (NHTU) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 1 (DSWD FO1) is not yet a final list or a new list for Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program beneficiaries,” NHTU Focal continue reading : Posted Listahanan Initial List of Poor Households not a 4Ps Beneficiary guarantee

Worth of relief augmentation such as food and non-food items delivered to requesting Local Government Units (LGUs) has reached Php 19.1M in the last 2 weeks. Hard-hit areas in Pangasinan got Php 15.9M for 214,743 affected families in 43 cities/municipalities; La Union, Php 3M for the 24,614 affected families in 19 LGUs; and only Adams, continue reading : DSWD releases Php 19.1M relief for Typhoon Lando victims to start early recovery and rehabilitation