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

“My Almost Dream”

“Bata palang ko, gusto na nako magtrabaho sa hotel. Poreso gusto nako magtake og HRM.” Said Genefer. The eldest sibling in the family, Genefer G. Parsaban, 19 grew up in Tugbungan, Zamboanga City. Genefer’s mother, Nelsin G. Parsaban, 45 is a bonafide resident of Brgy Limonan, San Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur who transferred to Zamboanga continue reading : “My Almost Dream”

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