Butuan City – A total of P2,365,998.68 was already augmented by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Caraga as relief assistance to the evacuees in Surigao del Sur Sports Complex, Tandag City. The mentioned amount is comprised of 2,824 family food packs worth P1,181,335.68, non-food items amounting to P979,790.00, nutri-cereals worth P122,304.00, medical assistance continue reading : DSWD’s assistance to SurSur evacuees reaches P2.37M

  Butuan City – The celebration for the National Family Week this year starts today until September 25, 2015. Being the lead of the Regional lnter-Agency Committee on the Filipino Family (RIAC-FF), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Caraga, is spearheading this celebration. This year’s theme, “Gender Equality and Children’s Rights in Contemporary Families”, continue reading : National Family Week celebration kicks off

Butuan City – Through the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), some 111 Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program partner beneficiaries in Brgy.Tiniwisan, this city have inaugurated today their General Merchandise livelihood project. Attending the said activity are the program participants, the barangay local government unit (BLGU) headed by Hon. continue reading : SLP program participants in Tiniwisan, BXU open General Merchandise business

Butuan City – In order to strengthen advocacy on Home Care and Support Services for Children with Special Needs (HCSSCSN), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is conducting today until Friday at Prince Hotel, this city a training on HCSSCSN participated by community-based rehabilitation (CBR) volunteers/workers from the 15 municipalities in the region. Social continue reading : DSWD strengthens advocacy on Home Care, Support Services for Children with Special Needs

Surigao del Sur– Eighty-two (82) Manobo couples exchange vows, “kumbiti” in their local dialect, today at Sitio Bitaugan, municipality of San Miguel in Surigao del Sur.  The couples are identified and registered partner-beneficiaries of the modified conditional cash transfer for indigenous people (MCCT-IP) modality of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. For the Manobos in San continue reading : 82 Pantawid Pamilya Manobo couples in SurSur town tie the knot

Butuan City – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Caraga has inaugurated today its Learning Commons, a regional learning resource center, located at the third floor of the regional office in R.Palma Street, Butuan City. Regional Director Minda B.Brigoli said that the Learning Commons is a complementary facility of DSWD Knowledge Exchange Center (KEC). continue reading : 21st Century Learning Commons up in DSWD-Caraga

Tandag City- Aside from the family food packs distributed, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Caraga also provided non-food items to the evacuees in Surigao del Sur Sports Complex in the city. The social welfare and development (SWAD) team leader and the field-based regional staff of DSWD distributed plastic mats, blankets, mosquito nets, toothbrushes, continue reading : SurSur evacuees receive non-food items from DSWD

Tandag City – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Caraga, through the regional staff stationed in Surigao del Sur, provided family food packs to the 366 displaced families or 1,805 persons who evacuated on September 1, 2015 at 9 o’clock in the evening due to threats allegedly inflicted by a certain armed groups. Family continue reading : DSWD assists displaced families in SurSur