DSWD RELEASED 1.2B FUND TO 4PS BENEFICIARIES

After the 4-month delay in pay-out to the Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program beneficiaries in Region IX, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) have already disbursed a total amount of 1.2 billion pesos allocated for the 4 months compliance to the program’s conditionalities. The said grant benefited more than 200,000 compliant Pantawid households across continue reading : DSWD RELEASED 1.2B FUND TO 4PS BENEFICIARIES

Sama-Bajaus benefit from Livelihood Farm Input

The Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD) 9 in partnership with Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) and the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Zamboanga City turned-over inputs for seaweed farming to Sama Bajau beneficiaries in Sitio Bactus, Brgy. Talabaan, Zamboanga City.   Out of the forty (40) beneficiaries belonging to the 1st batch, continue reading : Sama-Bajaus benefit from Livelihood Farm Input

DSWD promotes Listahanan 2 database to social protection stakeholders

Zamboanga City- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) officially presented the guidelines on the utilization of the Listahanan 2 database during the regional awarding of the 2017 Seal of Child-friendly Local Governance on August 16, 2017 at Grand Astoria Hotel. “We are now inviting the Local Government Units (LGUs), National Government Agencies (NGAs), continue reading : DSWD promotes Listahanan 2 database to social protection stakeholders

When Love Defies Sickness

“In sickness and in health… ‘Till death do us part.” Gemma and Ereneo Laquio can never forget this wedding vow that they have uttered to each other 32 years ago. In a little sitio in Patalon, Zamboanga City called Miluao, love flourished between two individuals like seeds of plants in an abundant land. In today’s continue reading : When Love Defies Sickness

Struggle for Success

Hamida Ordonez, 43 started her life in Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay Province. When she was younger, her family moved to Isabela City since her father worked as a logging driver. Hamida married Sanny, 46 and recounted the days when their life was too difficult to bear. Their humble dwelling is made of make shift hut, in continue reading : Struggle for Success

4PS WILL NOT END IN 2019

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) clarifies issues on the discontinuation of the Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program saying that the country’s conditional cash transfer program will not end in 2019. The statement has been issued after rumors circulated nationwide that many beneficiaries will be delisted from the program and that it will end continue reading : 4PS WILL NOT END IN 2019