Dir. Manuel Borres, Assistant Regional Director of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office X, says that the Area-Based Standards Network (ABSNet) plays a critical role in ensuring social welfare and development programs are within the legal standards and operating procedures set by the Department of Social Welfare and Development.

PANGANTUCAN, Bukidnon — Eva Tamong of Barangay Concepcion here does not need to buy meat every time she prepares a meal for her family. The 50-year-old Pantawid Pamilya beneficiary cooks vegetables to pair it off with rice daily, a strategy she has been using to save money for the family’s daily needs. She is not continue reading : Serving vegetables in a meal saves benes from spending more on food

NOT ALONE. Sometimes, you just don’t get married alone. Mass weddings can happen for a variety of reasons like this where 64 couples belonging to the Umayamnon Tribe of Bukidnon exchange their “I Do’s”, however, not in their traditional marriage ceremony in Sitio Miaray, Barangay Mandahican, Cabanglasan, Bukidnon on June 14, 2018. The couples are continue reading : 4Ps Couples Wed Through Convergence Initiative

Valencia City, Bukidnon — Rechelle Lacorte, 22 of Purok 1, Tongantongan here grew up in a farm where his parents have been cultivating since her childhood. Rechelle’s parents did not own the land. They are tenants whose income is dependent on the farm labor and on their share of the income of the produce. Rechelle continue reading : A farmer daughter is now a licensed agriculturist

MARAMAG, Bukidnon — Finishing her college education is the only way out for Charmaine T. Noynay of Purok 4, Base Camp here from a life filled with hardship. Charmaine, a public secondary school teacher at Bukidnon National School of Home Industries (BNSHI), is a former Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiary. Among six siblings, Charmaine continue reading : 4Ps beneficiary is now a public school teacher

Gapadayon ang pagbayad karon sa mga cash grants sa benepisaryo sa Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4ps) nga ilalom sa over-the-counter. Apan dili kini dungan o sulod lang sa usa ka adlaw tungod kay adunay skedyul nga gisunod nga natakda sa matag munisipyo ug dakbayan. Ang gibayaran nga cash grants mao ang nasunod nga mga kondisyones continue reading : PAHIBALO!

PRESS RELEASE May 5, 2018 DSWD: Political candidates cannot enroll or delist 4Ps beneficiaries The Department of Social Welfare and Development is reminding the public, especially the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) that no political candidate or incumbent politicians can enroll and include poor families to or delist them from the Program. continue reading : DSWD: Political candidates cannot enroll or delist 4Ps beneficiaries

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) gathered more than 200 community volunteers under the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services: National Community-Driven Development Program (Kalahi-CIDSS NCDDP) during the first Regional Community Volunteers’ Congress dubbed as “Panagtapok 2018”, March 26-28, at the Chali Beach Resort, Cagayan de Oro City. continue reading : Community volunteers converge for Panagtapok 2018