Eloy [4th from right], during the inauguration of the tribal housing in Nasilaban, Pong-pong, Talaingod. TALAINGOD, Davao del Norte — The only word that I know how to write is my name and for me, this is all that matters. I am not ashamed of the fact that I have never been formally educated. I continue reading : MY NAME, MY TREASURE

DAVAO City –The Department of Social Welfare and Development through the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTSPR) currently conducts rapid and intensive duplicity checking as baseline of social protection programs for ‘Pablo’ victims. It is evident that there has been a progress of families receiving assistance because of the masterlist. Despite some problems continue reading : DSWD PREPARES UNIFIED MASTERLIST OF POOR FAMILIES

Pantawid Pamilya children-grantees at the Children’s Congress. Almost 400,000 children in Davao Region are in school and kept healthy because of the cash assistance provided by the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). An identified poor household with three qualified children is entitled to receive P 1,400 continue reading : CCT CHILDREN-BENEFICIARIES SAY ‘THANK YOU’

Bottom row, from L-R Congresswoman Maria Carmen Zamora, Kalahi-CIDSS National Project Manager Edgar Pato, ComVal Governor Arturo Uy, and DILG Undersecretary Francisco Fernandez sign the Memorandum of Agreement. The provincial local government unit (PLGU) of Compostela Valley recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the continue reading : IMPROVING GOVERNANCE, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION: A MUST FOR DEVELOPMENT -DSWD