IP Beneficiaries, Engaged in Communal Gardening

The Indigenous peoples of Barangay Manihala, Sitio Palamang comprising of forty-one (41) beneficiaries from both Regular Conditional Cash Transfer (RCCT) and Modified Conditional Cash Transfer (MCCT) of the Panttawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program have joined together to work hand-in-hand to organize a communal garden. At first, beneficiaries of the said sitio have their individual backyard gardens continue reading : IP Beneficiaries, Engaged in Communal Gardening

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Story of Tatay Wilfredo: Serving as the Pillar and the Light of the Home

A food vendor, a farmer, a hog raiser, an active church member, a Barangay Tanod, a Barangay Health Worker, an active PTA President, and a father and mother all at once – these are all of Wilfredo’s duties and responsibilities after he became a widower. Getting by with his small income from farming, he exclaims continue reading : Story of Tatay Wilfredo: Serving as the Pillar and the Light of the Home

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Press Release: 4Ps beneficiaries to receive grants by May

The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office MIMAROPA is set to pay the cash grants of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries whose mode of payment is through partner conduits on May 2018. This includes cash grants under Period 6 (January 2018) and the P2,400 (P200 per month) grants under the Unconditional continue reading : Press Release: 4Ps beneficiaries to receive grants by May

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First from the Mountains: A Graduation Story of a Girl from Tau’t Bato

Coming from a tribe who has been long isolated in the mountains, it was difficult for Juda Diklay, 25, from Tau’t Bato tribe, to keep pace with her classmates in the suburb. It took Juda years to adapt and connect with other people whom she is not familiar with. Since she was the first of continue reading : First from the Mountains: A Graduation Story of a Girl from Tau’t Bato

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A Broken Heart Beats an Unshattered Dream

“Nagkawatak-watak ang aming pamilya at naging mas mahirap pa,” this keeps on in the mind of a 17-year old student from Sitio Kabangkalan, Pinagturilan in the municipality of Sta. Cruz, Occidental Mindoro. Kristine Joy Bongar cannot forget how their complete family was destroyed by her father’s vices and physical abuse to her mother. According to continue reading : A Broken Heart Beats an Unshattered Dream

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Press Release: More than 30k Students to Complete Tertiary Education

Around 34,000 students from the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) are expected to graduate under the Expanded Students Grants-in-Aid Program for Poverty Alleviation (ESGPPA). The ESGPPA is implemented by the Commission on Higher Education together with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and State Universities and Colleges continue reading : Press Release: More than 30k Students to Complete Tertiary Education

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