“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
No more scrap-built houses for Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries
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
Not Qualified Beneficiary volunteers as Parent Leader
“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
Ready to serve, no longer to be served
“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
Listahanan assessment nears its end
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
DSWD assures enough food support to victims of Typhoon Ineng
DSWD Assistant Secretary Vilma Cabrera pronounced the availability of enough family food packs for the relief operations, early recovery, and rehabilitation of families affected by Typhoon Ineng during the ocular visit conducted recently with Cabinet Secretaries Mar Roxas and Edwin Lacierda in Santa, Ilocos Sur. Even if relief distribution should last for 3-5 days, DSWD’s continue reading : DSWD assures enough food support to victims of Typhoon Ineng
Additional DSWD family food packs arrive
Two (2) Philippine Navy Ships (BRP Ivatan AT928 and BRP Batak AT299) carrying 13,602 Family Food Packs (FFPs) or 2,267 sacks of relief goods from the National Resource Operations Center of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) arrived yesterday at Poro Point, City of San Fernando, La Union. The FFPs are for augmentation continue reading : Additional DSWD family food packs arrive
DSWD, LGUs still on relief operations for TS Ineng victims
As of 24 August 2015, DSWD Field Office I has released 10,899 family food packs worth Php 3.2 million to Local Government Units (LGUs) as augmentation assistance to victims of Typhoon Ineng in the Provinces of Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur. Currently, there are 31,773 families or 149,364 individuals affected by Typhoon Ineng with 828 continue reading : DSWD, LGUs still on relief operations for TS Ineng victims