For the poor, saving money is an elusive dream.  But Juvy Pentes, 43, from Barangay Pagsangahan, San Francisco in Quezon Province, has proven otherwise.  Although she does not have a savings account in a bank, Juvy is thankful that she can now set aside some money from the family’s earnings. Juvy’s success story  provides a continue reading : Hardworking mother proves DSWD’s convergence strategy works

Comedianne-actress Tuesday Vargas (left) facilitates the open forum with teenage mothers, led by movie and TV personality Andi Eigeman   The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) participated in the First National Summit on Teen Pregnancy organized by its attached agency, the National Youth Commission (NYC), held at the Heritage Hotel, Manila. The summit continue reading : DSWD joins National Summit on teen pregnancy

When Manang Summa’s husband, Edgar who worked overseas, stopped communicating and sending them money, she felt abandoned and helpless. Later, she learned that her husband abandoned her and their nine children for another woman. “During that dark episode of my life, I cried every night. I wanted an answer, I wanted to find out where continue reading : Healing broken hearts through Pantawid Pamilya’s Family Development Sessions

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) conducts a forum today, September 14, dubbed, “National Household Targeting System, a Focused Targeting of Beneficiaries of Social Protection Programs” at the Hotel Rembrandt in Quezon City. The forum presents DSWD’s data bank of poor households generated through the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR). continue reading : DSWD conducts forum on identifying poor families

  The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) recently turned over 30 core shelter units amounting to P2.1 million to families in Leyte who were displaced by typhoon Frank in 2008. Social Welfare and Development Secretary Dinky Soliman and Leyte Governor Jericho ‘Icot’ Petilla led the turn over rites held in Barangay San Sebastian, continue reading : Housing units for Typhoon “Frank” victims

Social Welfare and Development Secretary Dinky Soliman witnessed the launching of the use of biometrics system for over-the-counter distribution of cash grants to Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries at the Municipal Gymnasium of Matag-ob, Leyte recently. The biometrics system is an innovation being introduced by the DSWD and the local government of Leyte to validate beneficiaries of continue reading : DSWD launches Biometrics for CCT beneficiaries

Social Welfare and Development Secretary Dinky Soliman receives from Mr. Felipe Medalla, member of the Monetary Board of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), a check worth one million pesos to support the relief and rehabilitation efforts of the DSWD for victims of the monsoon rains which devastated Metro Manila and other parts of the country continue reading : Help For Victims of Disaster

Social Welfare and Development Undersecretary Alicia R. Bala was appointed as Deputy Secretary General of the ASEAN Secretariat. She will serve the ASEAN post on secondment status for three years effective September 8, 2012 until September 7, 2015. Undersecretary Bala was chosen because of her extensive knowledge and commitment to the promotion and protection of continue reading : DSWD Undersecretary Alicia R. Bala holds ASEAN post

Around 100 leaders, representatives of solo parents’ organizations and local social welfare officers in Region III and the National Capital Region recognized  the importance of RA 8972 or the Solo Parents’ Welfare Act of 2000, and called  for the full implementation of the law. “RA 8972 will help solo parents gain access to educational opportunities, continue reading : Solo Parents bat for full implementation of Solo Parents’ Welfare Act

A teacher’s responsibility continues even after the bell stops ringing. This is particularly true for Mary Grace Juaban, the principal of Tuburan Village Elementary School, who found herself teaching not only her students, but also the residents of Baon, San Isidro in Davao Oriental, where the school is located. An unlikely leader Ma’am Grace originally continue reading : Going Beyond the Call of Duty