With this year’s theme, “Empowering the Youth towards Sustainable Development”: the Regional  PYAP  (Pag-asa Youth Association of the Philippines)  42nd Anniversary  was hosted  by Iligan City. A total of  70 out of school  and some in-school youth delegates from all over the region participated in the three –day activity. The PYAP or  the Pag-asa Youth continue reading : PYAP celebrates 42nd Anniversary

  Kauswagan was one of the municipalities in Lanao del Norte that suffered in the “all-out-war” in the year 2000. After the fateful event and atrocities, Kauswagan has now emerged as a thriving municipality in terms of agriculture and business. Community volunteers in Barangay Tingintingin, Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte addressed the low rate of Arabic continue reading : Learning Arabic

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) beneficiaries from Poona Piagapo, Lanao del Norte joins SM City Cagayan de Oro and DTI’s KAHIMUNAN Regional Trade Fair. The said trade fair will run from August 19-29, 2016 at the SM mall. Featured product from the Municipality of Poona Piagapo is the continue reading : Poona’s Finest joins SM CDO’s Kahimunan Regional Trade Fair 2016

Community volunteers of Sapang Dalaga in Misamis Occidental joined in on the ground breaking ceremonies for the proposed sub-projects in their municipality. Misamis Occidental is home to the Subanen Tribe, a Babaylan and Archbishop Alex Suaner led the joint ceremonies during the ground breaking ceremonies in the area. The proposed sub-projects are the Concreting of continue reading : Photos: Subanen Babaylan, Archbishop bless ground breaking ceremonies for community projects in Sapang Dalaga

Mindanao – One of the variables added in the Household Assessment Form (HAF) which was used during the conduct of the second round assessment of Listahanan, the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s information management system in the identification of poor households in the country, was the variable asking for any member of the household continue reading : Listahanan bares Data on Persons and children with Disabilities

  Volunteers from Barangay Catibac, Catarman, Camiguin Province completed the construction of a reinforced concrete box culvert with concrete approach slab last year. The project was through the Department of Social Welfare and Development poverty alleviation program Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive Integrated Delivery of Social Services: National Community Driven Development Program (Kalahi CIDSS-NCDDP). The community volunteers, continue reading : Catarman volunteers hold regular cleaning activities to maintain CDD sub-project

Volunteers of Barangay Compol in the Municipality of Catarman, Camiguin Province constructed a 1-storey 1 unit multipurpose hall through the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive Integrated Delivery of Social Services: National Community Driven Development Program (KALAHI CIDSS-NCDDP). During the sub-project, women participation was strongly encouraged; those who answered the call were women residents – especially Pantawid continue reading : Catarman constructs multipurpose hall through community-driven development

Officials of Barangay Jampason, Jasaan, Misamis Oriental, led by Barangay Captain Ermelinda N. Agbong (center) along with their Barangay Sub-Project Management Committee chairman Virgilio C. Lijesta (3rd from left) and the barangay council, gathered in Purok 6 for the ground breaking ceremony, July 13, 2016. The community residents proposed a sub-project to the Department of continue reading : Photo: Jasaan kicks off community-driven project