course‚ ate like no one cares. Here comes the filling part for my summer vacation. In 20 working days‚ I joined the Special Program for the Employment of Students‚ SPES for short‚ a program brought by the Department of Social Welfare Development or DSWD in accordance to the Republic Act 7323. Maybe it sounds that it will end as fast as the snap of our fingers‚ but actually those days felt longer than anyone can ever imagine. I found myself working with other people‚ get to know them all‚ and do
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DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DURING TYPHOONS Typhoon is a word composed only of seven letters and two syllables yet it attracts attention when heard from news or read from a newspaper article. It creates worries and uneasiness to the receiver’s mind. There are a number of definitions of what typhoon is. According to the website Merriam-Webster.com (2013)‚” Typhoon is a hurricane occurring especially in the region of the Philippines or China Sea.” Typhoon is the term for a natural phenomenon that can
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Gender Equality 4. Reduce Child Mortality 5. Improve Maternal Health Targeting System The poorest households in the municipalities are selected through the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) implemented by the DSWD using the Proxy Means Test. This test determines the socio-economic category of the families by looking at certain proxy variables such as ownership of assets‚ type of housing‚ education of the household head‚ livelihood of the family and access to
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FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES Third Regular Session SENATE S. B. No. 3412 Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago AN ACT TO REDUCE POVERTY AND PROMOTE HUMAN CAPITAL DEVLXOPMENTTHROUGHT THE CREATION OF ANATIONAL CONDITIONAL FUND TRANSFER PROGRAM Be itenacted by the Senate and the House ofRepresentatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: SECTION 1.Short Title.- This Act shall be known as the “PantawidPamilyang Pilipino Program an Actof2009.”
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In our society now fifty two percent of the population are the people who are in need. Fifty two percent of this people needs to tighten their belt in order to have their daily needs. Among the two stories I would probably agree with the deconstruction of Thank You Ma’am because nowadays people in the society cannot directly give money to someone they don’t even know just to let them buy the things that would pleasure them. I can’t even imagine it! Practically what people need for their daily lives
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THESIS STATEMENT: The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program helps in empowering the youth‚ the poor in particular‚ to rise above poverty through wellness and education. Poverty‚ as defined by dictionaries‚ is the state of being extremely poor or the lack of money to afford basic education‚ maintain health‚ and buy other basic necessities such as clothes‚ food‚ water‚ shelter‚ and electricity. However‚ poverty is much more than just being poor. It is a sickness that impacts everyone including the youth
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Saint Louis University (Company Profile) | Saint Louis University is regarded as one of the Philippines’ respected and leading educational institutions that has grown with the demands of the current and future environments for its students and faculty alike.Around two hundred fifty kilometers north of Manila lies Baguio City‚ known to be the "Summer Capital of the Philippines" that enjoys temperate climate all year round. From a village resort established by the Americans‚ Baguio has become the
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Emergency Employment for Sendong Survivors Launched in Cagayan de Oro An emergency employment‚ livelihood recovery and reconstruction project for Tropical Storm Sendong survivors in the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan has been launched on Monday‚ May 21 in Barangay Balulang‚ this city. The project‚ dubbed the Community-Based Emergency Employment and Reconstruction Project (CBEERP)‚ was a collaborative undertaking of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)‚ International Labor Organization
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Teenage pregnancy Introduction Over the past few decades‚ teenage pregnancy has become a public concern which has generated a great deal of attention in the locality. Increasing awareness of the social and economic consequences of teenage pregnancy has led to a consensus opinion among policy makers and the public that teenage pregnancy and child bearing is a significant social problem. It has been linked to an array of other social issues‚ such as welfare dependency‚ child health and well-being
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The Situation of Filipino Children and Young People Almost half of the population in the Philippines are children. With a fast population growth a year‚ the government has a difficult task in providing children with enough resources to ensure their rights. For many adults and children‚ a 15-year-old who bears a child willingly or unwillingly ceases to be a girl-child but a young mother. An 11-year-old who takes on the task of tilling the fields ceases to be a boy but a labouring farmhand. A 16-year-old
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