To provide assistance to the communities for the management of Covid-19 pandemic, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) turned over on Thursday, February 18, the 186.6-square meter quarantine facility to Barangay Tambis in Barobo town, Surigao del Sur. The facility, which costs Php2,363,136, is a subproject implemented through DSWD’s KALAHI-CIDSS program, together with continue reading : DSWD turns over P2.3-M quarantine facility to Barobo town
The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) Caraga continues to monitor the compliance of its beneficiaries through simultaneous checking of their cash cards. Even with the current risks posted by the pandemic, the field workers – Social Welfare Assistants, City/Municipal Links, Community Facilitators, Administrative Assistants, LGU Links among others, headed by their Social Welfare Officer III continue reading : 4Ps Cash card checking, ongoing
As Severe Tropical Storm ‘AURING’ (International name: Dujuan) weakens into a Tropical Depression on Monday, February 23, the Quick Response Team (QRT) of DSWD Field Office Caraga remains active in monitoring the disaster response operation of the LGssssUs in the region. Since last February 19, the QRT of DSWD Caraga as well as continue reading : DSWD FO Caraga QRT monitors TS Auring
Assisting the needs of the partner-agencies in formulation of their programs and services, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Caraga was able to respond to a total of 71 data requests generated through the National Household Targeting Section’s (NHTS) Listahanan 2.0 database for 2020. Listahanan is an information management system that continue reading : DSWD-Listahanan responded to 71 data requests in 2020
Though the conduct of the Family Development Sessions (FDS) has been suspended since 2020, the provision of timely and relevant information to the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) continue to reach the beneficiaries through the promotion of various FDS delivery modes. Based on the new 4Ps Operations Manual, FDS refers to appropriate continue reading : DSWD intensifies basa-pasa and wall-dikit as 4Ps FDS alternatives
SAN MIGUEL – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Caraga handed over three-units of motorcycle cabs to TIBOPA SLP Association in San Miguel, Surigao del Sur on February 10, 2021. The project was funded under the DSWD’s Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) – a poverty reduction program that aims to provide poor, continue reading : DSWD distributes 3 motorcabs in San Miguel community
About 248 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Butuan City affected by fire incidents in 2020 received livelihood assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Caraga to finance their preferred livelihoods or rehabilitate their existing livelihoods, earn a stable income, and provide for their families’ needs. The said beneficiaries were identified continue reading : DSWD provides livelihood assistance to fire-displaced families
With the increase of queries and grievances of the implementation of programs and services, especially during this pandemic, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Caraga have strengthened its public relations functions by training its staff on communication management. DSWD Caraga, through its Social Marketing Section, conducted recently a Public Relations and continue reading : DSWD Caraga beefs up public relations initiatives