The Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) of DSWD FO 02 continues to harness support from different partners to empower its program-participants to improve their socio-economic status through livelihood opportunities. Thus, it is grateful for the new convergence project which was launched on July 7, 2015, the Kabalikat sa Kabuhayan Farmers’ Training Program at Isabela State UIniversity, continue reading : SLP continues to empower program-participants through livelihood opportunities
FEATURE: A Tale of Two SGP-PA Grantees
Many inspiring stories have already been said and written which strongly negate the idea that only those born with a silver spoon are the ones who can live a bed of roses, while those born in a family who struggles just to make both ends meet will forever wallow in scarcity. The world has heard continue reading : FEATURE: A Tale of Two SGP-PA Grantees
Listahanan in the Eyes of Listahanan Trainers
What does it take to train a large number of people and account for every one of them? What does it take to affect a huge number of people in a positive way and eliminate their bad habits to the absolute minimum to be able to bring the very best in them? What does it continue reading : Listahanan in the Eyes of Listahanan Trainers
NHTSPR/ Listahanan FO2 Set to Capacitate Field Staff
It was a triumph as the Training for Field Staff for the 2nd Round of Family Assessment in Field Office 2 exemplified the excellence of the human spirit as the more than one thousand trainees from the 5 provinces of the Region pushed their way to meet the requirements to be qualified as Area Coordinators continue reading : NHTSPR/ Listahanan FO2 Set to Capacitate Field Staff
DSWD FO2 searches for model Pantawid Pamilya family
The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office II is again on its quest to identify the most exemplary family beneficiary of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program in the Cagayan Valley region. The Search for Huwarang Pantawid Pamilya is a nationwide advocacy activity of the department which aims to give recognition to family beneficiaries continue reading : DSWD FO2 searches for model Pantawid Pamilya family
‘Barefoot’
Remember when you get hurt if you walk barefoot on rocks, sand or on pavements under the sun? Remember when you see ordinary people walking without slippers like its normal? Or when you see farmers trudge their feet on mud grounds before sunlight until after sunset without ever complaining? You are probably too busy to continue reading : ‘Barefoot’
Golden Opportunity
Time is fleeting. You only get limited chances to succeed; sometimes you get none at all. Chances to succeed are few and far between. This is the unspoken reality where we live at the moment. Poverty creeps like a leper in the night. You have to be one or two steps ahead so as not continue reading : Golden Opportunity
Pantawid Pamilya stages series of pay-out with partner CSOs
The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office II conducted a pay-out activity with partners from the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in the provinces of Cagayan, Isabela, Quirino and Nueva Vizcaya from June 9-15, 2015. The ordinary pay-out activity for the beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program was infused with a discussion on Active continue reading : Pantawid Pamilya stages series of pay-out with partner CSOs
Hope Springs from Trust
There are only three things that you can never take back: a stone when it has been thrown, words when they have been said and time when it has passed. Being careful is crucial in order to not commit the mistake of saying or doing something without properly weighing your options. Sometimes our perception of continue reading : Hope Springs from Trust
Soliman visits Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya Province
“Kami sa kagawaran ay natutuwang marinig ang inyong mga kuwento ng tagumpay. Sana ipagpatuloy niyo pa ang mga magagandang pagbabago sa inyong buhay, pamilya at komunidad,” said DSWD Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman to the beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program during her two-day visit in the provinces of Quirino and Nueva Vizcaya on June 3-4, 2015. continue reading : Soliman visits Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya Province