Farmer Johnny Tolentino recalls how he was barely surviving hand-to-mouth when he first received five years ago the P4,000 cash assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continue reading : Rising from ‘poorest of the poor’ in T’Boli
Pantawid Pamilya inspires violence-free communities
We are no stranger to horrible accounts of violence committed against women and children. Heart- breaking narratives of wives being beaten to death by their jealous husbands and children raped continue reading : Pantawid Pamilya inspires violence-free communities
Toward ‘better’ families
Subic- Leonie Nervida, 47, lives in a tiny, two-room apartment that lies at the end of a row of similarly small apartments in Barangay New Banicain in this city. She continue reading : Toward ‘better’ families
Sec. Soliman leads advisory committee visit to IP communities
Coron, Palawan – Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) led the Joint National and Regional Advisory Committee (N/RAC) meeting in this municipality last April continue reading : Sec. Soliman leads advisory committee visit to IP communities
DSWD, DLSU-SDRC forge partnership
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) represented by Director Rodora T. Babaran, National Program Manager of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program and De La Salle University- Social Development Research continue reading : DSWD, DLSU-SDRC forge partnership
3 universities vie for DSWD Docu-Film Competition
Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP), De La Salle College of St. Benilde and the Lyceum University of the Philippines competed for the First Convergence Documentary Film-Making Contest of the continue reading : 3 universities vie for DSWD Docu-Film Competition
Struggling out of the poverty trap
MANILA, Philippines – The country’s fight against poverty still has a long way to go, but the success stories of some of the conditional cash transfer grantees seem to indicate continue reading : Struggling out of the poverty trap
DSWD continues locating Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries affected by ‘Yolanda’
Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said that the agency continues to locate beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program affected by Typhoon Yolanda continue reading : DSWD continues locating Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries affected by ‘Yolanda’
“Tuloy ang buhay, tuloy ang pangarap”
Tanauan, Leyte – This was the statement of Rowena Burines, a Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program beneficiary, during the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the United Nations World continue reading : “Tuloy ang buhay, tuloy ang pangarap”
Investing in Philippines human capital
The government is set to expand its core social development strategy, the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), the Aquino Administration’s Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program, by including in its coverage continue reading : Investing in Philippines human capital