The trainee becomes the trainer
Last April, 39-year-old Evelyn Caballero of Barangay Balulang, Cagayan de Oro City, proudly marched onstage along with her husband and daughters during the graduation ceremony at the Philippine Institute of Skills and Development (PISAD). Evelyn finished the Beauty Care Course of PISAD and passed the National Certificate II accreditation by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through its Sustainable Livelihood Program has partnered with PISAD and TESDA in providing skills ...
Sec. Soliman: Measures in place to keep a clean Pantawid Pamilya database
As part of their efforts to ensure that only the rightful beneficiaries are included in the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman emphasized that measures and systems continue to be enforced to maintain a clean database for the program. “We have a Grievance Redress System (GRS) which captures and processes complaints about the program and the beneficiaries. Through this, we have already delisted more than 77,000 beneficiaries,” she said. She also added ...
Pantawid Pamilya housewives build their dream business venture with P50
Where can your P50 take you? For the beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilya from Barangay San Isidro Sur, Binmaley, Pangasinan, their P50 brought them to their dream bangus business venture. Binmaley is a first class municipality in the province of Pangasinan famous for its bangus (milkfish) aquaculture, due to the existence of numerous fishponds. The town is also known as the Fishbowl Capital of the North. In January last year, 50 housewives formed the Maanos-Maseet Sustainable Livelihood Program Association in their ...
Tribal mother-grantee of Pantawid Pamilya welcomes complements to cultural practices
A 40-year-old mother from the Ati broke the stereotype of indigenous peoples (IP) being aloof, and spoke about how Pantawid Pamilya has changed her family’s way of life. The Ati is a Negrito indigenous group from Panay Island, Visayas. Leonida Bartolome of Barangay Balabag, Boracay, Malay, Aklan, said that her family’s way of life is now better since they became beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilya. “Pasalamat ako dahil napapansin mga tawo tulad naming mga Ati. Kami nakasulod sa Pantawid Pamilya (I ...
PNoy cites Pantawid Pamilya high school grads as concrete proof of his administration’s gains
“Walang duda, kayo ang gumawa ng pagbabago at kayo rin ang magpapatuloy nito (There is no doubt that you made this positive transformation possible and that you have the power to continue it).” This was part of the inspiring message of President Benigno S. Aquino III to the more than 10,000 student-beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program who graduated from high school. Pres. Aquino was the keynote speaker in Thursday’s post-event graduation ceremony organized by the Department of Social Welfare ...
