Paying It Forward

“I -almost- cannot finish my studies,” she said. Due to poverty and her mother’s health condition, April Joy Minasa almost stopped schooling back when she was in grade school. This is common to most poor families in the country. Children opt to either stay at home to take care of the family or work to continue reading : Paying It Forward

Batang 4Ps, Tumatawid ng 13 na Ilog at Sapa upang Makapag-aral

Sa malayong-malayong sitio ng Logdeck sa Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay, nakita naming naglalakad si JUMAR OCNIP. Siya ay 11 taong gulang pa lamang at nasa Grade 6. Kilo-kilometrong layo ang kanyang nilalakad ng higit 4 na oras pababa mula sa 2 bundok. Nabasa na rin siya ng ulan sa kanyang paglalakad. Ngunit hindi ito natinag dahil continue reading : Batang 4Ps, Tumatawid ng 13 na Ilog at Sapa upang Makapag-aral

Subanen Tribe Celebrates Community’s First-Ever College Graduate

A Mountain Of Obstacles The Subanen Tribe is an Indigenous People (IP) living in Zamboanga Peninsula. They are mostly living in mountainous areas where there is suba or river hence the name Subanon or Subanen. In our effort to provide inclusive social services to the poor and the disadvantaged, the DSWD visited an IP community continue reading : Subanen Tribe Celebrates Community’s First-Ever College Graduate

4Ps Gives Back To Community

ZAMBOANGA PENINSULA—For more than a decade, the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) have been receiving interventions and social services to help them improve their level of well-being. Many Filipino families have been living testimonies of the impact of the country’s conditional cash transfer program. To celebrate the 16 years of the program continue reading : 4Ps Gives Back To Community

4Ps Kids Paint Mural Art Wall for 4Ps Anniversary

ZAMBOANGA PENINSULA—In celebration of the 5th anniversary of the Republic Act 11310 or the 4Ps Act, children of 4Ps beneficiaries in Zamboanga City volunteered to create a mural art that exhibits their experience and gains as beneficiaries of the conditional cash transfer program. Florence Kate M. Madali, Noor Yesha S. Abdulajid, Yeshreen A. Amdani, Shermina J. continue reading : 4Ps Kids Paint Mural Art Wall for 4Ps Anniversary

Congratulations 4Ps Exemplary Child, Dean’s Lister

ZAMBOANGA PENINSULA—MALUGOD NAMING BINABATI SI JANE MARIAN R. ALBERASTINE SA KANYANG PAGIGING ISANG DEAN’S LISTER NG JOSE RIZAL MEMORIAL STATE UNIVERSITY (JRMSU). Si Jane ay tinanghal na Exemplary Child ng 4Ps noong 2018. Bilang isang 4Ps beneficiary, naiintindihan ni Jane ang kahalagahan ng edukasyon na siyang makatutulong upang maiahon ang kanyang sarili sa kahirapan. Naaalala continue reading : Congratulations 4Ps Exemplary Child, Dean’s Lister