La Union partner media once again pledged their support to increase the public’s awareness on DSWD’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (Pantawid Pamilya) and Listahanan in a Press Conference held recently. The education, health, nutrition, and values-formation through the Family Development Sessions (FDS) are the focus of the Pantawid Pamilya. To ensure the beneficiaries’ capacity to continue reading : DSWD taps La Union media on Listahanan, Pantawid concerns

The networking and partnership of public and private offices had never been so strong in Mapandan, Pangasinan until the coming of the Bottom Up Budgeting strategy of the government that realized a high-class Day Care Center. “With this newly built Day Care Center, no more Day Care children are merged with formal classes, under the continue reading : DSWD’s BUB increases social mobilization in Mapandan, Pangasinan

Bringing together development stakeholders on a municipal-level democratic dialogue to know and understand the development status of the Municipality of Santol, La Union, Kalahi-CIDSS Region 1 initiated the conduct of Municipal Talakayan in the said area recently. Alongside Santol’s People’s Day, Kalahi-CIDSS piloted the first “Talakayan” in the Region which was actively participated by Santolians continue reading : Santol, La Union celebrates People’s Day with Kalahi-CIDSS Municipal Talakayan

“May nagsabi sa akin na hindi daw lahat ng kawawa ay tinutulungan. Ang sa akin naman, kung kaya mong makatulong kahit sa munting paraan, bakit hindi mo tulungan?(Someone told me that not all unfortunate must be aided. For me, if you are capable of helping even in a little way, why not help?)”  These are continue reading : Assessment of Pantawid beneficiary brings more blessings

Houses are supposed to give warmth, comfort, and security to families. If these are made of corroding materials, old bamboo poles covered with recycled sacks, tarpaulins, or posters, and situated in hazard-prone areas, how could a family withstand this wrath of poverty? In Dingras, Ilocos Norte, eight Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries were provided with safer and continue reading : No more scrap-built houses for Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries

“Napamahal na sa akin ang programa, bahagi na sa pang-araw-araw na buhay ko (I have learned to love the program and it has already been part of my everyday life),” said Maritess Jovellano, 47, a Pantawid Pamilya Parent Leader in Dagupan City, Pangasinan but is no longer qualified as a beneficiary (NQB) since her youngest, continue reading : Not Qualified Beneficiary volunteers as Parent Leader

“Isa akong benepisiario noon na tinutulungan at ginagabayan ng Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program pero nakahanda na ako ngayon na maglingkod sa Departamento at sa mga dating kapwa ko benepisiario (I was then a beneficiary who is being helped and guided by the Pantawid Pmailyang Pilipino Program but now I am ready to render service to continue reading : Ready to serve, no longer to be served

National Household Targeting Unit (NHTU)/Listahanan assessment of the Department of Social Welfare and Development – Field Office I (DSWD-FO1) is still ongoing in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte. The rest of the cities/municipalities of the four provinces already finished the assessment. According to NHTU Regional Field Coordinator (RFC) Joan Nuesca, the 1 month original timeframe for continue reading : Listahanan assessment nears its end