DSWD Northern Mindanao field workers under Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program try to tame the perilous trail in reaching the Higaonon Tribe community in Minalwang, Claveria, Misamis Oriental. The field workers, who walk for seven hours, prepare the community for the implementation of Modified Conditional Cash Transfer for Indigenous Peoples who are living in ‘geographically isolated disadvantage areas.’ The IPs of Claveria and San Fernando, Bukidnon are the recipients of the pilot implementation of Modified Conditional Cash Transfer for IPs.

Photos by Norven Espadilla, DSWD Northern Mindanao

Lanao del Norte – After surviving the war brought about by the insurgency of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in 2008, Norhaya Abubacar Mindi of Munai, this province, now proudly shows her product display in the one-stop shop she opened through the help of the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP). The SLP is one of the core programs implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and Development to combat poverty that has been affecting thousands of families in the province. Photo by Stephen O. Lim and Caption by Charmaine P. Tadlas