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 ...
Proposed 2015 monitoring and evaluation budget of CCT, only P429-M not P4.2-B
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) clarified that the P4.2 billion which Senator Chiz Escudero was quoted to have said as the 2015 proposed budget for the monitoring and evaluation of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program is actually the proposed overall incremental operating cost of the program for next year. “The proposed budget for monitoring and evaluation of the program is only P429,298,000 and not P4.2 billion,” DSWD Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman explained. The monitoring and evaluation component covers for ...
Defying stereotypes: How Tanutan family inspires a community despite the absence of a father
To love and to forgive. These are two things that people of Brgy. Velasco, Lemery, Iloilo learned from Tanutan family, this year’s winner of the National Search for the Huwarang Pantawid Pamilya. The family was able to rise above the challenges brought about by poverty with only one parent taking care of the entire household. Love prevails Forty-nine-year old Gemma raised her five kids all by herself since her husband left for Manila to look for a job and never ...
