Butuan City – Selected personnel from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VI visited on May 13, 2016 the Caraga regional office for benchmarking of the Regional Learning Commons (RLC) facility and its experience regarding ISO 9001:2008 certification. The participants of the two day visit included OIC-Regional Director Rebecca Geamala along continue reading : DSWD-6 benchmarks DSWD-Caraga’s Learning Commons, ISO 9001:2008 Certification

Butuan City – Out of 494, 498 family households assessed during the 2nd round assessment conducted by the Listahanan project of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Caraga, 259, 858 household are identified poor in the region. Most of these poor households are found in the province of Agusan del Sur having 82,441, followed continue reading : 259,858 poor households in Caraga – says latest Listahanan database

Risen Savior Mission, a Non-Government Organization (NGO) in the municipality of Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte, religiously uses the Listahanan’s database of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Caraga for their social protection program. Listahanan is an information management system that identifies who and where the poor nationwide. It provides complete basic information on continue reading : Recipients of NGO’s feeding program in Del Carmen, SdN are Listahanan – identified poor

The farmers who are greatly affected by Dry Spell (based on the report of the Department of Agriculture and Municipal Agriculture Office) finally receive the family food packs from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Caraga. These are being distributed through the parishes, Social Action Centers (SAC) and Red Cross in the region. In continue reading : Dry Spell-Hit farmers receive family food packs

Butuan City– The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Caraga would like to extend its gratitude for the parishes, Social Action Centers (SAC) and Red Cross Team who are helping in the distribution of the family food packs intended for the farmers who are affected by Dry Spell in the region. “We are very thankful continue reading : DSWD-Caraga thanks parishes, Social Action Center, Red Cross for help in relief distribution

Butuan City – A total of 80 young people started their first day of summer job through the Government Internship Program (GIP) in the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Caraga. Thirty-four (34) of them are stationed in the regional office while the other 46 are deployed in the different local government units (LGUs) in continue reading : 80 Government Internship Program (GIP) beneficiaries now on board

Regional Field Coordinator Aldie May Andoy of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Caraga monitors the data utilization of Listahanan’s database of poor families in the Local Government Units (LGUs) in Surigao del Norte. In the photo, Municipal Social Welfare and Development Officer Minerva Lumogdang of Brgy. Bacuag in the municipality of Claver enumerates their programs continue reading : DSWD-Caraga monitors LGUs’ utilization of Listahanan database

Butuan City – As the region is preparing for the regional launch of Listahanan’s  2nd round assessment result and Regional Profile of the Poor this coming June, more stakeholders show interest in using the said database. One of this is the Taganito HPAL Nickel Corporation located in Brgy. Taganito, Claver, Surigao del Norte. It is the second nickel continue reading : More stakeholders show interest in Listahanan’s database of Poor Families