According to Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman, the project will provide direct financial support to 582,000 of the country’s poorest families, including those living in remote areas.
She said that unlike traditional welfare programs, only families who keep their children in school and ensure that children and pregnant women get regular health check-ups can receive the cash grants.
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Sep 10
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Our Trip to Pampanga
The jeepney ride was just about as unremarkable as you would think, as we headed on our way towards the Cubao bus station. Same routine, “bayad po” Katy said as she paid the driver. We didn’t really know where the bus station was so naturally we began to ask people where we could find the victory liner bus station. As usual we got a very over used response of a hand halfway pointed in the direction with a gesture at the end indicating which way to eventually turn.
Finally we got off and made our way to the victory liner bus station. Katy got in line and I sat with our belongings in the waiting area. Sitting there watching the tv everything was pretty much standard. A stack of glass bottles sitting near by waiting to be recycled gathering more trash as a woman nearby threw some sort of plastic bag on the pile. Meanwhile the rat that apparently lives behind the refrigerator on the other side of the jumble ran out from its cover to gather something dropped by a passenger and then scurried quickly back to its hiding spot.
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Charlotte band, The Division Red, is donating 100% of the profits from their debut album to provide a scholarship through Philippine Aid Society. Fox Charlotte covered the story; watch the video below. To purchase the CD online, click here. The Division Red will headline at this year’s Society Jam Benefit Concert to be held on September, 25 1pm-8pm at Les Myers Park in Concord, NC.
Read the rest of the story here.
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This year’s Society Jam benefit concert, to be held Sep 25th at Les Myers Park in Concord, will feature a South African safari valued at $3,800 in our silent auction. This same package goes for about $3,000 at other charity auctions I have attended. Last year, it sold for much less during our silent auction. Come prepared to make a bid and enjoy the trip of a lifetime! I work with a CPA who purchased this package and traveled there this year. He said it was indescribable.
Click here to visit the resort web page.
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This is an interesting report from the World Bank. Among the suggestions to help alleviate poverty are improving the investment climate in the Philippines, and education.
The World Bank has suggested two strategies to make the poor feel the benefits of a rising economy. The first is to increase income-generating opportunities for the poor. This may be done by an aggressive effort to attract more businesses, which will open more jobs for the poor.
The foreign lender said enticing more investors would require improving the investment climate and spending more on infrastructure.
The other strategy is to improve human capital. Training Filipinos to meet the labor requirements of investors would help reduce unemployment and, therefore, poverty. Read the rest of the story here.
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