NUTRITIOUS VEGGIE MEALS. Workers and residents of DSWD rehabilitation centers participate in the recent Cooking Competition highlighting the National Nutrition Month observance. Participants from Reception and Study Center for Children, Home for Girls and Women, Home for the Aged, and Regional Rehabilitation Center for Youth cooked one main dish and one salad with vegetable as continue reading : Nutritious veggie meals: A ‘must’

One of the women-beneficiaries at work. Maragusan, Compostela Valley  -Women in Barangay New Panay face various difficulties in pulling out their community from poverty. Amidst the turmoil that takes place in the area, making dreams for a better life seem to be elusive, their hope continues to light up that there is still a better continue reading : Embroidery: Empowering women in New Panay

Davao City  – “The Php10.53 billion rehabilitation funds for victims of TS Pablo (Bopha) was shared among national-line agencies undertaking rehabilitation efforts,” clarified DSWD Regional Director Priscilla N. Razon amidst  clamor  aired by some militant groups questioning where DSWD put the funds. Bearing placards and tarpaulins, the group of protesters who started to arrive in D. continue reading : P 10.5-B ‘Pablo’ rehab funds shared by line agencies -DSWD

DAVAO City –The Kakayahan Regional Abilympics Competition 2014 is set today, July 28 at the TESDA Regional Training Center in Buhisan, Tibungco. Bearing the theme Talino at Paninindigan ng Taong May Kapansanan, Pasaporte sa Kaunlaran, Kakayahan is a national work skills competition showcasing the distinct capability of Filipino persons with disability (PWDs) as workers and entrepreneurs. continue reading : Abilympics set July 28

Pantawid mothers attend a cooking course. Kapalong, Davao del Norte  –Some 31 Pantawid Pamilya program participants here recently completed Cookery National Certificate II conducted by Endonela Institute of Technology Foundation, Inc. (EITFI). Facilitated by the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the training provided an opportunity for a continue reading : Pantawid women train on cookery