Caraga- After a year of staying in the evacuation camps in Surigao del Sur, the lumad Internally-Displaced Persons (IDPs) finally decided to return to their respective communities in the said province. As part of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Caraga’s commitment to ensure the welfare of the evacuees and  humanitarian assistance for them, continue reading : DSWD ensures welfare of SurSur lumad evacuees returning homes

Caraga- With the objective to ensure common knowledge and understanding on the guidelines along adoption of children, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Caraga conducted a consultation dialogue with the Regional Trial Court (RTC) judges, clerks of court, and prosecutors in the region held at Gateway Hotel, Surigao City on August 19, 2016. RTC continue reading : Caraga RTC Judges, Clerks of Court, Prosecutors dialogue with DSWD about Adoption Process

A new law keeping Filipinos from becoming mail order brides was recently approved. Also known as “Anti-Mail Order Bride Law”, the Republic Act 10906 or “An act providing stronger measures against unlawful practices, business, and schemes of matching and offering Filipinos to foreign nationals for purposes of marriage or common law partnership, repealing for the continue reading : DSWD supports newly-approved “Anti-Mail Order Bride Law”

Caraga – This month, local government units (LGUs) in the region underwent Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-facilitated trainings on the use of Social Protection (SP) Handbook. Participants of the training were local social welfare officers, planning officers, local and regional DILG officers/representatives, regional DSWD planning officers, and NEDA representatives. The roll-out training aims continue reading : DSWD-Caraga trains LGUs on the use of Social Protection Handbook

Caraga – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Caraga provided augmentation support on August 15, 2016 to the 56 displaced lumad families in the municipality of Talacogon, province of Agusan del Sur. The agency augmented a total of 112 family food packs amounting to Php45,955.84. Each food pack contains six (6) kilos of rice, continue reading : DSWD-Caraga assists lumad IDPs in AgSur town

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo recently released Memorandum Circular No. 9 (MC 9) titled ‘Supplemental Guidelines on the Implementation of Protective Services Program” (PSP). It is dated August 1, 2016, and has already been circulated to the entire DSWD body for strict implementation and adherence. The Office of the continue reading : DSWD Sec. Taguiwalo Issues Memorandum Circular 9 to Guide Implementation of the Agency’s Protective Services Program to ensure that the poor fully benefit from Them

Butuan City- Regional Director Minda B. Brigoli of Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Caraga spearheaded last June 8, 2016 the turn-over ceremony of the P17.9M-worth pilot evacuation center funded DSWD and this city’s local government unit (LGU). Brigoli bared that the multi-million project located at Purok 10, Forest Park, Barangay Bancasi, this city has continue reading : Pilot evacuation center in BXU to house 500+ individuals

Caraga – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Caraga is set to augment a total of 12,528 family food packs to the 3,132 farmers in Agusan del Sur who had been reported by the Department of Agriculture (DA) as greatly affected during the onslaught of the Dry Spell. These farmers are from the following continue reading : 3,132 farmers in AgSur to receive family food packs from DSWD