Success is no accident. It is perseverance, sacrifice and most of all love – loving what you are doing or learning to do.And this perfectly embodies the story of success of SLP San Vicente Association in Butuan City. A story of a group’s dream which was realized and made possible by the Department of Social continue reading : Giving Back Compassionate Service

“We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the game.” This is probably how the 2,495 members of Bislig City Special Persons Association, Inc. (BISPAI), a Sustainable Livelihood Program – Bottom Up Budgeting (SLP-BUB) assisted project, deal with the challenges of living with disability. Just because these people have to live continue reading : Conquering Disability

Standing with pride and hope are just 4 out of the 200 grateful grantees of the pre and post-harvest facilities from Sustainable Livelihood Program – PAyapa at MAsaganang PamayaNAn (SLP-PAMANA). Having corn and rice production as their source of livelihood, the four (4) SLP-PAMANA associations in the municipality of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur received 4 continue reading : A Feat to Plow

Having vast lands suitable for coffee production, the municipality of Tagbina remains a top producer in the whole province of Surigao del Sur. With this, the Department of Social Welfare and Development, through the Sustainable Livelihood Program (DSWD-SLP) a livelihood intervention related to coffee industry. Selected Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program partner-beneficiaries in Tagbina were provided continue reading : Brewing for sustainable livelihood

The empowerment of one leads to the empowerment of the entire community. This is the story of the 80 members of Talacogon-Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) Association Federation who are also Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program partner-beneficiaries. Determined and eager to generate income, the group agreed to put up a Catering Services and Carenderia business (Talacogon-SLp Eatery) continue reading : Journey towards empowerment

Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in installments. It is a result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure. This has been true to the 983 Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program partner-beneficiaries of Lingiganon Self-Employment Assistance-Kaunlaran (SEA-K) Federation from the municipality of Lingig, Surigao del Sur. Despite being on the rim of failure, the continue reading : The secret of unity

Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) participants in Brgy. Magsaysay, Loreto, Province of Dinagat Islands plant mangroves to gain extra income. This act also serves as their preparatory measure for the coming disasters. Last 2013, Super Typhoon Yolanda greatly damaged several regions of the Philippines including the Island of Gibusong in Brgy. Magsaysay. After the typhoon surge, continue reading : Mangrove planting, income generating

“Ang pagtabang sa SLP nga programa para sa katawhan maoy dako nga bili sa amoa mga benepesyaryo (The help of SLP for the people is of great value for us beneficiaries),” shares Jhona Dagatan, 39, a Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) participant from Brgy. Lucena, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur. Having ice cream business as their only continue reading : Scooping for sustainable development