OIC-Regional Director of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VII Shalaine Marie S. Lucero led the payout for the Livelihood Settlement Grant of the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) in Argao and Carcar City in the province of Cebu. A total of 2,726 beneficiaries across the province will receive Php 15,000 each continue reading : SLP distributes livelihood grants to Odette victim
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), as the vice-chairperson of the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking 7-Anti-Child Pornography-Violence Against Women and Children (IACAT 7-ACP-VAWC), led the celebration of the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons with the theme “Use and Abuse of Technology” on 30 July 2022, at SM Seaside, Cebu City. The major continue reading : DSWD-7 leads advocacy against human trafficking
As the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 7 (DSWD-7) moves forward in improving and strengthening the provision and delivery of immediate relief assistance to disaster-affected families, it seeks partnership and collaboration with various organizations who are willing to extend help through time and effort in the production of food and non-food items continue reading : DSWD-7 signs A Memorandum of Agreement with Negros Oriental Volunteer Organizations
Despite the hardships they have to go through to provide for their family’s needs, James Marimat and Luzviminda Marimat have instilled in their children’s minds the importance of education. “Wala gyud mi nakahuman og eskwela sa akong bana kay gikan pud mi sa pobre nga pamilya mao nga naninguha kami sa akong bana nga makahuman continue reading : A 4Ps family: From survival to self-sufficiency
In the tip-most town in the province of Cebu, a family describes how their inclusion in the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) makes them persevere more in their life as they are blessed with support from the government. “Para nako kaning 4Ps makapa encourage ni sa pamilya nga maningkamot kay tungod sa tabang sa gobyerno continue reading : 4Ps encourages a family to persevere more
“We were creating a Cebu city youth alliance for out-of-school youth and it was difficult to start something if you don’t have a background, or data on the population that you are trying to serve. So one of our resources at that time was the DSWD, who provided us with Listahanan, and so, with the continue reading : USAID: Listahanan data, an eye-opener
“The pandemic gave us a hard time. Our very little income from our vegetable farm was depleted, but the Php 10,000 assistance from Sustainable Livelihood program (SLP) has given us the chance to recover from our losses,” Raymunda Basalan says in her native language. The 84-year-old farmer and vegetable vendor in the local market in continue reading : DSWD SLP: Improving Women Livelihoods
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VII urged inactive Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries to update their information data. As of July 2022, the program has a total of 17,639 inactive 4Ps households who are no longer found at their declared address and did not process or file a request continue reading : DSWD-7 urges inactive 4Ps beneficiaries to update data
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VII delisted persistent non-compliant Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries. As of July 2022, the program already delisted ten (10) households whose monitored children are not attending school or have not shown any commitment to returning back to school and the grantee did not attend continue reading : DSWD-7 delists non-compliant 4Ps beneficiaries
A Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program beneficiary in Batuan town in Bohol reminisced the time before they got into the program that life was tough for their family as they had difficulties with having food to serve at their table. “Nakasulay gayud kami hasta pagpangita ug sud-an ibutang sa lamesa maglisod mi tungod sa kawad-on (We continue reading : ‘From food shortages on the table to an improved, stable life’