Philippine Government Agencies

ADB – Asian Development Bank

ADEPT – Assisting Disabled and Elderly Persons who Travel
BBC – Breaking Barriers for Children
BBP – Breaking Barriers-Philippines
CBR – community based rehabilitation
CBRS – community-based rehabilitation services
CIDSS – Comprehensive Integrated Delivery of Social Services
DANIDA – Danish Foreign Ministry
DOH – Department of Health
DSWD – Department of Social Welfare and Development
FIES – Family Income and Expenditure Survey
GO – Government Organization
GSIS – Government Service Insurance System
IEC – Information, Education and Communication
KALAHI – Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan (fight against poverty)
LAC – Local Advisory Council
LGC – Local Government Code
LGU – Local Government Units
LTO – Land Transportation Office
LTS – Leadership Training Seminars
NAPC – National Anti-Poverty Commission
NCWDP – National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons
NDPI – National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation
NGO – Non-Government Organization
NSO – National Statistics Office
OPDA – Office of Persons with Disabilities Affairs
OT/PT – Occupational Therapist / Physical Therapist
PESFA – Private Education Financial Assistance
PESO – Public Employment Service Office
PHB – Provincial Health Board
PHILSPADA – Philippines Sports Association for the Differently-Abled
PPHB – Philippine Printing for the Blind
PTU – Danish Society of Polio and Accident Victims
PWD – persons with disabilities
QSIP – Quality Service Improvement Program
RA – Republic Act
RBI – Resources for the Blind
SRA – Social Reform Agenda
SSS – Social Security System
STAC – Stimulation and Therapeutic Activity Centres
TESDA – Technical Education and Skills Development Authority
UNDP – United Nations Development Programme
UNESCAP – United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia
and the Pacific
UNESCO – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural

Organization
UNICEF – United Nations Children’s Fund
VSO – Volunteer Services Organization
WHO – World Health Organization