Result from the first round of nationwide household assessment conducted by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in 2009 shows that a total of 118, 566 or 40.1% of the 296, 043 poor households in region XII belong to the Indigenous People group. Of this total number, 36, 629 or 51.8% poor households continue reading : Listahanan maps IP families and communities in Region 12

GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines – If there’s one thing he learned from attending family development session, family man Arnel Lanoy admits its self-confidence. Lanoy, 26, a father to five year old boy, says that another stunning learning he acquired from religiously attending family development session was how to manage small type of business while not dependent continue reading : Beyond Family Development Session

GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines – In a small and disadvantaged village in this city, residents have been meeting monthly not just for a single reason. Theresita Cordoba, 49, a mother to eight children and a parent leader, shares a different perspective on how a family development session works for them. “It has a deeper meaning for continue reading : FDS venue for healing broken hearts among clients

Koronadal City—The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Region-12 has recently completed a total of P20.86 million social infrastructure projects in Sultan Kudarat province, an agency top official reported Monday. DSWD-12 regional director Bai Zorahayda T. Taha said that a total of 15 community projects in towns of Bagumbayan and Isulan have been completed, continue reading : DSWD completes P20.86 million community projects in Sultan Kudarat towns

KORONADAL, South Cotabato — The government’s conditional cash transfer program in the southern Philippines is working well in terms of improving lives of people in the region, government officials said. Zorahayda T. Taha, regional director for Department of Social Welfare and Development, said more than 213,000 households are currently covered by the program in Central continue reading : CCT program in Central Mindanao working well

Listahanan was successfully launched in Region XII on October 17, 2013. Spearheaded by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) XII, the launching of the new brand name of what formerly known as National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction or NHTS-PR was initiated by Regional Director Bai Zorahayda T. Taha. Taha formally announced continue reading : Listahanan debuts in Region XII