Cagayan de Oro — The Department of Social Welfare and Development recently introduced to local government units in Northern Mindanao the Family Drug Abuse Prevention Programme (FDAPP) which is designed to educate and prepare families and communities about the adverse effects of drug abuse. The FDAPP targets families whose members feel inadequate in their respective family continue reading : DSWD bares drug abuse prevention program for families

Cagayan de Oro City — After receiving issues on the delayed release of cash grants for the beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) is set to pay beneficiaries this November. In its advisory send to the Finance Unit of Pantawid Pamilya of DSWD Field Office 10 today, LBP said continue reading : LBP sets to pay cash grants of Pantawid Pamilya

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”

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

Cagayan de Oro City — A working student has been hailed as the Exemplary Pantawid Pamilya Child 2015 of Northern Mindanao here. Angel Anne Marie Jabian, 14 of Purok 2, Mitazan, Aloran, Misamis Occidental, bested other four provincial representatives during the two-day search here recently. A daughter of a farmer, Angel disclosed that the income of continue reading : Working student is exemplary child of NorMin

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

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

Bukidnon — “I remember selling piglets just to raise funds for our group, but now we do not have to worry about funds anymore because we have learned how to manage our income and sustain our business,” says Mrs. Nelly Tabanao, a member of the Damulog Women’s Federation here. Damulog Women’s Federation (DAWFED) is composed of 25 women continue reading : Women organization gain more than just livelihood