140 children celebrate Children’s Month thru “Zumbata”

Cagayan de Oro City — Children from around Northern Mindanao assembled here to kick-off the Children’s Month Celebration through “Zumbata,” a joint word for “zumba” and “bata,” which allows children to celebrate the event through dancing. Children’s Month falls every October of every year. Coming from various provinces, the children participate in the annual event continue reading : 140 children celebrate Children’s Month thru “Zumbata”

Pantawid PWD becomes massage therapist

Misamis Oriental — The Department of Social Welfare and Development provides social protection programs to 2,059 PantawidPamilya Beneficiaries in the municipality of Medina, this province. This year, through the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP), Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA) and Skills Mastery Institute, a group of beneficiaries were trained with Massage Therapy NC II specializing continue reading : Pantawid PWD becomes massage therapist

DSWD taps LGUs, CSOs to validate list of poor

Cagayan de Oro — The Department of Social Welfare and Development through the Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction have recently tapped  Municipal and City Mayors, Planning Officers, Local Social Welfare and Development Officers, barangay chairmen, and representatives from Civil Society Organizations in the five provinces of the region to prepare for the validation continue reading : DSWD taps LGUs, CSOs to validate list of poor

Pantawid families receive livestock from DA

Misamis Occidental — As support to Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, the Department of Agriculture (DA) gave livestock for its program beneficiaries who are ready for entrepreneurial ventures in Lopez Jaena, here. According to Merge Anunciado of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, the agriculture department gave livestock to 18 families coming from various barangays continue reading : Pantawid families receive livestock from DA

CSOs back institutionalization of Pantawid Pamilya

Cagayan de Oro City — Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Northern Mindanao expressed hope that the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (Pantawid Pamilya) would be institutionalized to ensure its continuity even with changes in leadership. During its monthly regular meeting here, 18 CSOs passed a resolution declaring its support to the institutionalization of the conditional cash continue reading : CSOs back institutionalization of Pantawid Pamilya

LGUs and CSOs to validate DSWD’s initial list of poor

Cagayan de Oro — Members of the Local Verification Committees (LVCs), composed of mayors, local social welfare and development officers, planning officers, and representatives from civil society groups in Northern Mindanao, are presently undergoing orientation in preparation for the validation of the initial list of poor households generated from DSWD’s second round household assessment conducted in continue reading : LGUs and CSOs to validate DSWD’s initial list of poor