Caloocan City’s Persons with Disability Affairs Office (PDAO) started the distribution of rice assistance to persons with disabilities (PWDs) on Thursday, Aug. 25.
The program aims to provide five kilos of rice to a total of 30,792 registered PWDs in the city.
According to PDAO, more than 1,000
MISSION. A child is one of the 52 targeted beneficiaries of the free medical-surgical mission offered by the Antique provincial government in partnership with Medical Mission Matters from Aug. 25-31, 2022. Edison Sta. Romana, Antique Provincial Disability Affairs Office assistant head, said on Thursday the medical mission is being conducted at the Culasi District Hospital in the Municipality of Culasi.(Photo courtesy of PDAO Antique) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Fifty-two residents of Antique with cleft lip and palate defects are to benefit from the free surgery made available by the provincial government here in partnership with a non-stock, non-profit organization Medical Mission Matters. The medical-surgical mission, which started Thursday and will end on Aug. 31, is hosted by the Culasi District Hospital in the municipality of Culasi and particularly targets children, said Provincial Disability Affairs Office (PDAO) assistant head Edison Sta. Romana. He added that before admis
PHILHEALTH FOR PWDs. Persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the province of Antique receive their Member Data Record (MDR) during the culminating activity of the 44th National Disability, Prevention and Rehabilitation Week (NDPRW) on Friday (July 22, 2022). Ruben Balbuena, president of the Antique Association of PWDs, said in an interview Sunday that the PhilHealth coverage is a big privilege for them. (PNA photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - Persons with disabilities (PWDs) in Antique are thankful for their membership coverage in the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), saying it spares them from worrying about hospital bills. "We are now encouraging our PWD members to really take time to have themselves registered under the Philippine Registry of PWDs so they could avail of the privilege," Ruben Balbuena, newly inducted president of the Antique Association of PWDs, said in an interview Sunday. He said it is a huge privileg
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) recognizes the significant contributions of persons with disability in nation-building through its
ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS. Indigent students in the Municipality of Culasi received their educational assistance for the last school year on March 17, 2022. Irish Manlapaz, head of the Antique Provincial Youth Development Office (PYDO), said on Tuesday (July 19) they will be providing an initial 100 persons with disabilities (PWDs) in each of the 18 municipalities of the province with educational assistance this coming school year.(Photo courtesy of Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The Antique provincial government will provide an initial 100 persons with disabilities (PWDs) in each of its 18 municipalities with educational assistance for the 2022-2023 school year. Vice Governor Edgar Denosta said Tuesday that he would be working to provide more PWDs with the educational aid of PHP5,000 for college students and PHP6,000 for graduate students every semester. The giving of assistance is part of the 44th National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation (NDPR)