Bernas Family Gina L. Bernas is a housewife of five children, two boys and three girls. She lives with her husband Michael, 34, in a small wooden shanty in far-flung area in Barangay Mampirao, Caramoan, Camarines Sur. The thirty-four year old mother and her husband were not able to finish her college degree. More so, continue reading : A Mother’s dream
Adoptive parents hare experiences
In line with this year’s celebration of the National Adoption Consciousness Week, the DSWD Field Office 5 conducted an adoption forum held last February 14, 2015 at the POPCOM, Regional Office 5, Legazpi City. The activity was intended for couples who have adopted children to get together and share their experiences, challenges and the joy continue reading : Adoptive parents hare experiences
DSWD 5 holds consultation meeting with CSOs
About 15 civil society organizations (CSO’s) from the different parts of the region attended the consultation workshop organized by the Department of Social Welfare and Development held recently at Fiesta Ballroom, Legazpi City. DSWD Director Arnel Garcia said that the activity is one of the government’s commitments to integrate citizen’s participation in the budget process continue reading : DSWD 5 holds consultation meeting with CSOs
Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries leads access to medicines
At Barangay Colongcogong, Caramoan, Camarines Sur, beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program of Department of Social Welfare and Development leads the way to easily access medicines to their community folks. Over the past years, all residents in the community have no access to medicines. With this, they resorted for alternative medicines and herbals to cure continue reading : Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries leads access to medicines
DSWD beneficiaries return the favor to their community
“Mayo lamang nagkakaginiribo (They do nothing).” This is the popular remark towards Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program recipients that Leoncia Bigay, one of its beneficiaries in Ocampo, Camarines Sur, would like to confute. At present, she is the parent leader of 36 Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries in Zone 3 of Brgy. Salvacion and also a volunteer of continue reading : DSWD beneficiaries return the favor to their community
DSWD Bicol readies for another special validation
The DSWD Field Office V through the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) now known as Listahanan is set to conduct another special validation to some 5,180 households next week. The special validation will target those families that are not included in the Listahanan database for inclusion in the Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program. continue reading : DSWD Bicol readies for another special validation
I’m a 4Ps scholar
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
DSWD Bicol and partners get national recognition during the 64th Anniversary
Ms Julie Ann Gregory, a Community Empowerment Facilitator of DSWD Field Office V is this year’s champion of the recently concluded DSWD Got Talent Nationwide Invasion held at DSWD Central Office in Quezon City last January 31. Competing with other regions who presented various talents, Ms. Gregory still made it to the top. She rocked continue reading : DSWD Bicol and partners get national recognition during the 64th Anniversary
Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program opens the selection of children for monitoring
The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program of Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office V open’s the selection to its existing beneficiaries to register their children and be monitored by the program in education. The open selection gives chance to identified beneficiaries of the Program to newly register, add, change, select the child they wanted continue reading : Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program opens the selection of children for monitoring
Poor communities affected by disasters get funding from DSWD, complete start-up activities
DSWD derived the final list of prioritized poor communities to be funded under Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS), one of its poverty reduction programs, from recently completed Municipal Forums in 88 municipalities in Bicol last January. From 2014-2015 alone, Bicol is allocated with P2,301,239,625.00 out of P4,497,448,175.00 grant allocation continue reading : Poor communities affected by disasters get funding from DSWD, complete start-up activities