“I am expecting for the best, but I am also prepared for the worst,” 20-year old Pio Angelo Ballesteros courageously claimed as he starts establishing his career path after his graduation this year from the Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University-South La Union Campus. Second child to an unemployed father and a barangay secretary mother, continue reading : ESGPPA graduate gears up for work

Bringing development to the communities of Burgos, Pangasinan through Community – Driven Development (CDD), the Municipality, with a total grant of P7,326,000 for development projects, has identified five infrastructure sub-projects benefiting five of the 14 barangays in Burgos. One deep well water system and four access roads were prioritized by the Kalahi-CIDSS community volunteers to continue reading : Kalahi-CIDSS funded infrastructure projects in Pangasinan identified.

Five infrastructure sub-project proposals from the empowered communities of the Municipality of Pugo, La Union were recently prioritized to be funded by DSWD’s Kalahi-CIDSS’ Program. With a total of P6.6M municipal grant allocation for Pugo for 2015, a Barangay Health Station, Day Care Center,2 School Buildings, and an access road will be constructed in Pugo. continue reading : First Kalahi-CIDSS sub-project prioritization conducted in Pugo, La Union

Supporting the concept of social inclusiveness of the DSWD’s Kalahi-CIDSS as a program of the Philippine government to alleviate poverty through community-driven development, the inclusion of the Indigenous Peoples’ (IPs) improvement of well-being is a part of the goal of the Program. Through the social and community organization activities lead by Kalahi-CIDSS such as barangay continue reading : DSWD upholds culture-sensitive program implementation through Kalahi-CIDSS

The DSWD Central Office and Field Office 1 provided Php3.6M worth of relief goods to monsoon rain victims in the previous weeks affecting 55,778 families or 247,588 individuals in 139 barangays in the Provinces of Ilocos Sur and Pangasinan. Five deaths due to drowning and landslides were reported: four from Pangasinan namely R-Jay S. Orteras, continue reading : DSWD releases Php3.6M worth of relief goods to monsoon rain victims in Region 1

The National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) or Listahanan of the Department of Social Welfare and Development – Field Office I (DSWD-FOI) already assessed 793,044 households out of the 928,633 target households in Region I. Out of the 793,044 assessed households, 79,815 households are from the Province of Ilocos Norte; 115,284 from Ilocos continue reading : Listahanan reports number of assessed household

DSWD’s expertise on poverty reduction and collaboration with partner regional line agencies will greatly contribute to the success of the Magnificent Magic 7 (MM7), an alliance of the Municipalities of Cervantes, Tagudin, Santa Cruz, Suyo, Sugpon, Alilem, and Quirino in the Province of Ilocos Sur working together to address poverty through increased participation of the continue reading : DSWD partners with Ilocos Sur’s Magnificent Magic 7