Crossing the sea, reaching a dream
Memories are photo albums that people flip through to reminisce. Every page reflects cherished moments that shape a person’s life. To ‘Yolanda’ survivors, memories of ruthlessness and despair the super typhoon brought are vividly etched in pages they want to skip and forget. They just want to move forward and start anew. This is what the people of Coron, Palawan did – put the destruction of ‘Yolanda’ behind them. It has been over a year since ‘Yolanda’ struck the beautiful ...
DSWD accounts for missing Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries cited in COA report
In a press briefing on Friday, beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) came to attest that they are listed as poor in the National Household Targetting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) database, giving clarification to the Commission on Audit report that says a number of current household beneficiaries of the program are not in the database. Blenda Rendon, a Pantawid Pamilya beneficiary from Payatas, Quezon City, was part of the ...
DSWD resolves COA findings on Pantawid Pamilya,maintains auditors only seeking documentation
Responding to news articles citing the findings of the 2013 Annual Audit Report of the Commission on Audi (COA) on Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program being implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman said that answers and clarifications to the audit observations have already been submitted to the state auditing firm. Sec. Soliman emphasized that the auditors were merely seeking documentation of program implementation and did not indicate any suspicion of misuse or misappropriation of ...
DSWD opens social media accounts for ‘Kaya Ko ang Pagbabago’ campaign
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, launches today the official Facebook page and Twitter account of the 'Kaya Ko ang Pagbabago' campaign to gather and share stories of positive change from the beneficiaries, workers, partners, and even the public. The 'Kaya Ko ang Pagbabago' is an information and empowerment campaign that aims to communicate the change (pagbabago) the Department's beneficiaries experience through its programs and services, particularly the Pantawid Pamilya. Anecdotes, statements, ...
Pantawid Pamilya is effective, say impact evaluation results
Philippine Institute for Development Studies senior researcher Dr. Aniceto Orbeta presented in a public forum the results of the 2014 impact evaluation of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (Philippine Conditional Cash Transfer Program). The results confirm that the program is on track in achieving its objective of improving the health, nutrition, and education of its beneficiaries. “The evaluation results show that Pantawid Pamilya is making progress as expected to convert public investments into desired societal results. By extending aid from womb to school, the ...
