They call us the lower class, the twerps, a burden to the government. They dub us dependents, supposedly merely after government doles. They call us the poorest of the poor, the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). Let me tell you people, we are less fortunate but we are not stupid. Yes, we continue reading : I’m a 4Ps scholar

A Memorandum of Agreement sealed the partnership of DSWD and Kasama Ka sa Barangay Foundation Inc. (KKBFI) for entrepreneurial skills development of Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries in Bayambang, Pangasinan. The partnership will provide various trainings maximizing the potentials of the beneficiaries, thus increased employment and job opportunities are its end goals.The KKBFI also tapped the Department continue reading : 215 Pantawid Pamilya Parent Leaders to get support from Kasama Ka sa Barangay Foundation Inc.

Kalahi-CIDSS Area Coordinating Team (ACT) in Sugpon, Ilocos Sur convened for the first time various Kalahi-CIDSS stakeholders for the first Municipal Inter-Barangay Forum (MIBF). Members of the Barangay Representation Teams (BRT) composed of barangay captains and community  volunteers, Municipal Inter-Agency committee (MIAC), Local Poverty Reduction Action Team (LPRAT), Sugpon Municipal Coordinating Team (MCT), Sugpon Local continue reading : Sugpon, Ilocos Sur sets community-decided criteria for Kalahi-CIDSS sub-project prioritization

Burgos, Ilocos Sur – With the ongoing Community Empowerment Activity Cycle (CEAC) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD’s) Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS), technical facilitators, supervised by Regional Community Infrastructure Specialist Engr. Nafianog, started the validation of sub-projects proposed in the communities to assure viability of continue reading : Kalahi-CIDSS sub-project sites in Ilocos Sur undergo validation

Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS)  of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Brgy. Mapisi, Nagbukel, Ilocos Sur conducted its second Barangay Assembly (BA) recently. In the assembly facilitated by Kalahi-CIDSSP Nagbukel Area Coordinating Team (ACT), attended by the residents of Mapisi and presided by its continue reading : Brgy. Mapisi identifies poverty challenges through Community-Driven Development (CDD)

“Another chapter of my life begins, thanks to SGPPA,” Gay Myrell Abrogena shares with her victorious smile. She said that she can foresee a better life ahead for her family especially that she is now a licensed teacher. Myrell, 21, of Pinili, Ilocos Norte is one the country’s first batch of graduates who was provided continue reading : SGPPA graduate now a Licensed Teacher

The Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte (PGIN) is the most active Listahanan data user (Provincial Category) in the entire Philippines and an awardee of the first ever Gawad Listahanan under the Pagkilala sa Natatanging Kontribusyon sa Bayan (PaNaTa Ko sa Bayan) Awards by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). PGIN will receive a continue reading : DSWD’s 1st Gawad Listahanan lauds Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte