Street family finally finds dignity in their new home
“Noon sinuwerte lang siguro kami sa kalsada at walang kapahamakan na nangyari sa amin, pero ngayon, di na ako papayag na manirahan ulit kami sa kalsada. Masyadong delikado ‘dun (We were lucky that our family was unharmed while living on the streets, but now I won’t allow us to live there again. It’s too dangerous),” continue reading : Street family finally finds dignity in their new home
Street families dream of change
“Mahirap tumira sa lansangan. Maingay, magulo. Hindi ka makakain at makatulog ng maayos. Sana balang araw makaalis kami sa ganitong sitwasyon (It’s hard to live in the streets. It’s noisy and dirty here. You can’t eat and sleep well. We hope that we’ll be able to get out of this situation someday).” This is how continue reading : Street families dream of change
I’m a 4Ps Scholar
They call us the lower class, the twerps, a burden to the government. They dub us dependents, supposedly merely after government doles. They call us the poorest of the poor, the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). Let me tell you people, we are less fortunate but we are not stupid. Yes, we continue reading : I’m a 4Ps Scholar
Listahanan FO2 to hold Consultation Workshop with Data-users
With the aim to determine the social protection programs and services received by the Listahanan poor families, the DSWD FO2’s National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) or Listahanan will administer a Consultation Workshop with the data-users on the first quarter of 2015 at Tuguegarao City, Cagayan. Listahanan urges the data-users to submit their continue reading : Listahanan FO2 to hold Consultation Workshop with Data-users
Partner-NGAs’ Information Officers now Listahanan Advocates
Twenty two (22) Information Officers from the National Government Agencies (NGAs) pledged to become advocates of Listahanan thru the Interagency Information Officers’ (IO) Forum on January 16, 2015 at Casa Angela, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan. These Information Officers committed to support all Listahanan activities most specially the fast approaching second round of Family Assessment. Likewise, the continue reading : Partner-NGAs’ Information Officers now Listahanan Advocates
Allacapan-based CSO partners with DSWD for Pantawid Pamilya
The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office II inked a memorandum of agreement with the Moral Recovery Formation Philippines Incorporated (MRFPI) on January 14, 2015 relative to the implementation of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program in the municipality of Allacapan, Cagayan. The MRFPI is now connected in DSWD’s four areas of engagement, namely: continue reading : Allacapan-based CSO partners with DSWD for Pantawid Pamilya
DSWD resolves COA findings on Pantawid Pamilya, maintains auditors only seeking documentation
Responding to news articles citing the findings of the 2013 Annual Audit Report of the Commission on Audi (COA) on Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program being implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman said that answers and clarifications to the audit observations have already been submitted to the state auditing firm. Sec. Soliman emphasized continue reading : DSWD resolves COA findings on Pantawid Pamilya, maintains auditors only seeking documentation
Shaken but not broken….
Yuris’ Bar, Tuguegarao City. The sound of plates and utensils, the aroma of food being cooked that seeps through the entire walls of the bar, the klieg lights and the soft humdrum of music played come dinner time…. For him, this has been the daily grind that fuels him to get up in the morning continue reading : Shaken but not broken….
Listahanan FO2 strengthens advocacy thru Information Officers’ Forum
DSWD FO2’s Listahanan-Talaan ng Pamilyang Nangangailangan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) intensifies its advocacy thru Interagency Information Officers’ Forum to be held sometime in January 2015 at Tuguegarao City, Cagayan. “Creating a pool of advocates is vital for us to promote our Listahanan Database to our stakeholders. We are constantly continue reading : Listahanan FO2 strengthens advocacy thru Information Officers’ Forum