Butuan City – In a continued effort to bring the basic social services needs of people to far-flung areas in the region, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Caraga is allocating some Php55,320,000.00 grant in development projects through its anti-poverty program called Kalahi-CIDSS. This was learned from Assistant Regional Director Mita G. Lim who continue reading : DSWD Caraga earmarks P55.3 – M in development projects

BUTUAN CITY – With the Kalahi-CIDSS scale-up in full swing this year, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has mainstreamed three new “lenses” to the project’s implementation. Meant to answer emerging issues that the country confronts, the DSWD has integrated three new lenses or frameworks in Kalahi-CIDSS. These are on gender lens, peace lens continue reading : Kalahi-CIDSS Caraga scale-up takes full swing with an eye to new “lenses”

BUTUAN CITY – For its second year implementation, the government’s anti-poverty project called Kalahi-CIDSS renewed its engagement with the local government unit (LGU) of Gigaquit, Surigao del Norte with two development projects underway. Through a memorandum of agreement (MOA) signed last March 19, the LGU is set to implement two community-driven development projects: the “regular” three-year continue reading : FO Caraga renews Kalahi-CIDSS partnership with Gigaquit

BUTUAN CITY – In line with the government’s public-private partnership (PPP) agenda, the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) flagship anti-poverty project, KALAHI-CIDSS recently conducted a Partners’ Forum with the business sector, this city. The forum aimed at engaging members of the business sectors to “put their marks in the development of the society especially continue reading : Anti-poverty project eyes partnership with business sector

BUTUAN CITY – The Regional Project Management Office (RPMO) of KALAHI-CIDSS of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Caraga ended yet another successful year as it received recognition from DSWD central office, February 2. The RPMO received three plaques of recognition, namely: Best in Fund Disbursement for five (5) Makamasang Tugon areas in continue reading : Kalahi-CIDSS Caraga receives nat’l recognition

BUTUAN CITY – In 2011, the province of Surigao del Sur in Caraga region has been lifted out of the poverty status it’s been battling for years. According to a press release (July 2011, Mindanao Gold Star Daily) from the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Caraga Regional Director Carmencita Cochingco, Surigao del Sur has “increasingly continue reading : Fighting poverty through synergy (A Best Practice in the Region)