Bayanihan is a Filipino term for teamwork. But for Filipinos, Bayanihan has a deeper meaning for it also symbolizes pagmamahal sa kapwa at pagmamahal sa bayan or patriotism. Traditionally, Bayanihan is practiced when a certain family is having a house makeover or is going to transfer to another place, and everyone in the neighborhood gives continue reading : Agusan Sur Town relives Bayanihan during SAP implementation
With everyone feeling the impact of the Enhanced Community Quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Caraga, started its Social Pension for Indigent Senior Citizen’s program payout for the first semester (January-June) starting last April 16, 2020 at the various cities and municipalities in the region. continue reading : Senior Citizens receive Social Pension Amidst ECQ, COVID-19 scare
BUTUAN CITY- Residents of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Home For Girls (HFG) Caraga – one of the Residential Care Facilities of the Agency, extended their help by producing face masks, to combat the threats posted by the COVID-19 virus. The residents of HFG, under the supervision of their Center Head, Marissa Garay, continue reading : RESPONDING TO THE NEEDS: HFG Caraga addressing problem on face mask shortage
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Caraga is continuing its frontline services amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The Protective Services Division (PSD), through the Crisis Intervention Unit (CIU) has continued its Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) services, but with the necessary measures to ensure the safety of the clients and the continue reading : DSWD demonstrates kalinga at pagmamahal, serbisyong may malasakit, despite threats of COVID-19
“Children learn more from what you are than what you teach”- Anonymous Rearing a child is not an easy job but an opportunity to raise the future leader of the society. So, the question is, how to raise a future leader? There is no perfect how-to guide, a perfect to-do-list, or a full-proof formula in continue reading : Positive Discipline prescribed for clients in DSWD Centers, residential care facilities
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Caraga, as the lead agency of the Regional Inter-agency Committee against Trafficking and Violence against Women and their Children (RIACAT-VAWC), conducted a three-day Strengthening Cum Team Building Activity participated by the focal persons of the different agencies comprising the committee, last March 5-7, 2020 at continue reading : RIACAT-VAWC Caraga Strengthens Efforts, Advocacies
The Supplementary Feeding Program (SFP), one of the Social Protection Programs being implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), is the provision of food in addition to the regular meals to children currently enrolled in the day care centers/elementary schools, as part of the DSWD’s contribution to the Early Childhood Care and continue reading : Malnutrition Among Pre-School Addressed through WE CARE Project
DSWD Field Office Caraga, in line with the national celebration of Adoption Month, recognized and awarded Mr. Cresenciano and Mrs. Emma Concellado the Regional SALAMAT PO for the Best Foster Parents during the agency’s 69th anniversary celebration on February 17, 2020 at Almont Hotels Inland Resort, Butuan City. Mr. and Mrs. Concellado raised and nurtured continue reading : Concellado Couple hailed as Best Foster Parents in Caraga