With the 2nd round of household assessment coming to conclusion, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through the Listahanan, a project that identifies who and where the poor are, rolls its sleeves up to find Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program beneficiaries who were not assessed by the project. A total of 2,537 Pantawid beneficiaries continue reading : DSWD urges Pantawid beneficiaries to undergo household assessment

The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office IX warns the public on the fraudulent activities reported in Zamboanga City on the issuance of Fake IDs and false inclusion in Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. A walk-in complaint was filed by a non-beneficiary victim residing in Barangay Canelar Moret regarding the case. The victim said continue reading : DSWD warns public against Pantawid fake IDs, recruiters

February 15, 2016 – The Department of Social Welfare and Development leads this year’s celebration of National Adoption Consciousness Week from February 15-24, 2016. The celebration, with the continuing 2015 theme “Legal na ampon ako: Anak na Totoo”, aims to raise and intensify the public’s awareness on legal adoption of abandoned, surrendered and neglected Filipino continue reading : DSWD IX sets activities to celebrate Adoption Consciousness Week

The road seemed to be an endless wandering place for young Dodong or Emilio Isnani. Being abandoned by his parents, the streets became his home back in the days. With the struggles and hardships that he had been through, many of us might probably think that he would end up shattered and devastated. But he continue reading : Driver’s Road to Success

A total of six (6) associations covering 167 families received a total amount of Php 1,210,000 livelihood assistance through the Support Service Intervention (SSI) of the Modified Conditional Cash Transfer in a turn-over activity held at Sta.Barbara Health Center, Zamboanga City on February 10. The beneficiaries are Indigenous People covered by the said program under continue reading : IP beneficiaries get livelihood aid through DSWD

We have seen the many faces of poverty, for sure. We have felt it in so many ways –in education, in employment and even when we purchase goods at the grocery. It becomes as if it’s a cycle passed on from one generation to another. Advocacies on poverty alleviation sprout like mushrooms everywhere. Companies build continue reading : Will the POOR always be with us?

Being one of the five State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) that are currently implementing ESGP-PA in Region IX, Western Mindanao State University conducted a 3-day summit for grantees held in Cecille’s Catering, Tumaga, Zamboanga City on January 29-31, 2016. Some 217 ESGP-PA grantees had the chance to join the summit after the successful conduct of its continue reading : WMSU holds summit for ESGP-PA grantees