The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said that some 665,526 children out of the 1.5 million children have improved their nutritional status through weight gain after the 120 days feeding period under the Supplementary Feeding Program (SFP), implemented by the Department, in coordination with local government units (LGUs), based on a partial report continue reading : DSWD notes weight gain of kids through feeding program

STONE CRAFTING. Engr. Edelberto Dela Peňa of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) demonstrates stone processing to 25 Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries participating in the Skills Training on Stone Crafting and Processing held in Barangay Maputi, San Isidro, Davao Oriental. This is a joint project of the local government of San Isidro, DOST and DSWD continue reading : Stone crafting for Pantawid families

TRAINING FOR LIVELIHOOD. Pantawid Pamilya Participants in the Skills Training on Stone Crafting and Processing held in Barangay Maputi, San Isidro, Davao Oriental. (DSWD)

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is halfway through the assessment of 15,316,099 families for the updating of the poverty database otherwise known as the Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR). Listahanan is an information management system that identifies who and where the poor are. With the 2nd continue reading : DSWD currently assessing 15.3M families to update database of the poor

As the flagship poverty alleviation program which invests in human development, the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program has expanded rapidly from 786,523 households in 2010, when the Aquino administration took the helm in government, to more than 4.4 million eligible households to date. For 2014 alone, the government has poured in more than P48 billion for continue reading : Pantawid Pamilya benefits more poor Filipinos