BUTUAN CITY – A total of 110 members of the Regional Inter-Agency Committee (RIAC) participated in the First Simultaneous Sectoral Inter-Agency Meeting held at Goat2geder Hotel and Restaurant last June 9. The activity was a gathering of the different committees of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Caraga, namely: the Regional Inter-Agency Committee Against continue reading : FO Caraga holds first simultaneous RIAC meeting

BUTUAN CITY -The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Caraga will be implementing its anti-poverty program KALAHI-CIDSS’ project expansion by means of additional loan financing from the World Bank to eight new municipalities in the region. This was learned during the Infrormation Dissemination and Municipality Selection Process held in Gateway Hotel, Surigao City on June continue reading : DSWD Caraga names 8 towns for KALAHI-CIDSS scale-up

BUTUAN CITY – Eleven (11) local government offices from the municipalities of Caraga participated in the recently concluded two-part Municipal Local Government Unit (MLGU) Forum here on May 9-12 and May 16-18. The first batch was attended by LGUs from the municipalities of Carmen in Agusan del Norte; Sibagat, La Paz, San Luis, and Esperanza in continue reading : KC towns attend MLGU forum

The year was 2007. My mama would have named me Esperanza. My mother, Diosdada Hersalina had high hopes that her baby would grow up to be the most beautiful and scrupulous creature to grace this side of the earth. We lived in a hut together with my papa and two brothers in a village called continue reading : LOVE – the most universal thing there is

BUTUAN CITY – The Comprehensive Pilot Intervention Plan against Gender-Based Violence in CARAGA (CoPIPAGV 13)  recently conducted its Provincial Learning Assemblies in three (3) pilot provinces, namely: Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Norte, and in Surigao del Sur. Participants and partners included the local community members, paralegals trained under the project, barangay officials, local social welfare continue reading : CoPIPAGV holds prov’l confab

BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through the Agencia Española de Cooperacion Internacional para el Desarollo (AECID) completed the fifth year implementation of their anti-poverty program Poder y Prosperidad dela Comunidad with a year-end assessment last April 25 at the Grand Ballroom of Crowne Plaza Galleria, Ortigas. The activity that highlighted continue reading : DSWD caps Poder 5 with Year-end Assessment