“Noon sinuwerte lang siguro kami sa kalsada at walang kapahamakan na nangyari sa amin, pero ngayon, di na ako papayag na manirahan ulit kami sa kalsada. Masyadong delikado ‘dun (We were lucky that our family was unharmed while living on the streets, but now I won’t allow us to live there again. It’s too dangerous),” continue reading : Street family finally finds dignity in their new home

They call us the lower class, the twerps, a burden to the government. They dub us dependents, supposedly merely after government doles. They call us the poorest of the poor, the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). Let me tell you people, we are less fortunate but we are not stupid. Yes, we continue reading : I’m a 4Ps scholar

Butuan City– Eight (8) outstanding workers of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Caraga received accolades during the 64th anniversary celebration of DSWD on January 29, 2015 held at DSWD Central Office, Quezon City. These workers were included in the top 3 nominees in the national level. Together with one of their family continue reading : Eight (8) DSWD-Caraga workers receive awards for exemplary performance

Caraga- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Caraga, through the community volunteers trained by the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan- Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) program, recently completed twenty-two (22) classrooms amounting to Php18.6-M from the grant provided by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). These sub-projects are put continue reading : DSWD-Caraga completes 22 Aussie-funded classrooms