BUTUAN CITY – A total of seven (7) sub-projects were turned-over to this municipality last April 15 through the government’s anti-poverty program implemented by the DSWD, the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services or KALAHI-CIDSS. These projects include a mobile corn sheller in Barangay Candiis; three health stations – one continue reading : KC sub-projects raised in Veruela, ADS

BUTUAN CITY– Six (6) sub-projects of the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) were recently inaugurated in Cagwait, Surigao del Sur last March 28. A riverbank protection in Brgy. Mat-e, a concrete drainage canal in Brgy. Poblacion, a bailey bridge in Bitaugan West, one unit two-classroom high school continue reading : Government’s anti-poverty program erects six sub-projects in Cagwait, SDS

BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) celebrates its 60th Founding Anniversary this year with the theme “The DSWD@60: Committed Social Service with Integrity.” For its diamond jubilee, the department is putting emphasis on committed social service with integrity in concurrence to the speech made by Assistant Secretary Camilo G. Gudmalin during continue reading : Field Office envisions more service with integrity

Kaming kabataan ya lumad Gitamay ya kanaming kinaija Kalisod nga hunahunaon Wara-a ya kahadlok Hi-usahon ta ya kantang iba I-asdang ta ya kantang kinaija…   -a Mamanwa song by Ronnie Montinegro “Kaming Kabataang Lumad” BUTUAN CITY – Jocelyn knew the way home would be a long walk. Long walks in the afternoon though are not uncommon continue reading : Songs and strides through a shortcut

MALACAÑANG, Manila – 25 years ago, people roamed the streets of Metro Manila and with them were rosaries in hopes of a silent war to topple the then dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos and 25 years later, the son (now the head of state) of the person who was the impetus of the EDSA Revolution says that continue reading : KALAHI-CIDSS: The other face of People Power

BUTUAN CITY – “Life is beautiful,” quipped A tty. Josefe Sorrera-Ty, DSWD Retainer Lawyer as she spoke on Adoption Laws to participants of the Regional Forum on Adoption as part of the celebration of the Adoption Consciousness Week. Attended by 70 people including DSWD, local, medical, court and NGO social workers, and the media from different provinces, the continue reading : Life is beautiful – Atty Sorrera-Ty

BUTUAN CITY – The Spanish government-funded anti-poverty project, PODER 5 implemented by the Agencia Española de Cooperacion Internacional para el Desarollo (AECID) through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has just completed a total of 35 sub-projects to four municipalities in Caraga region. A total of five (5) day care centers, 13 health stations, continue reading : PODER completes P30.1M worth of sub-projects

BUTUAN CITY – Some members of the press from radio and print joined representatives from professional and non-government organizations in a Media Tour spearheaded by the Social Marketing Unit of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the municipality of Sibagat in Agusan del Sur last January 31, 2011. The participants made the rounds continue reading : Caraga Press visits PODER projects in Sibagat