A total of Php 11,807,600 was disbursed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Caraga through its Emergency Shelter Assistance (ESA) and Cash for Work (CFW) program to several municipalities of Surigao del Sur (SDS), Agusan del Sur (ADS), and the Province of Dinagat Islands who have been hit by Tropical Depression continue reading : DSWD Disburses 11M to TD Vicky Victims
June 19, 2021 marks the 3rd Philippine Social Worker’s Day Celebration. With this, a one-day virtual event was launched on that morning hosted by the Philippine Association of Social Workers, Inc. (PASWI) with the theme “Strengthening Solidarity and Interconnectedness among Filipino Social Workers”. One of the highlights in the event is to recognize the Social continue reading : DSWD Celebrates the 3rd Philippine Social Worker’s Day
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Caraga through its Disaster Response & Management Division (DRMD) conducted a Virtual Orientation on the Guidelines of Disaster Response Operations Monitoring & Information Center (DROMIC), AO 2 series of 2021 otherwise known as the Omnibus Guidelines on Food and Non-Food Items (FNI) and Logistics Management continue reading : DSWD Caraga Orients LGU Counterparts on DRMD program guidelines
As the lead response pillar to disasters and calamities, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) FO Caraga ensures that its response team and other technical staff are well-coordinated, follow established protocols and are clearly communicated to the public. Hence, the agency through its Disaster Response and Management Division (DRMD) has conducted the continue reading : DSWD Orients Ushers, Escorts of Humanitarian Cargoes on Facilitation Guidelines
The technical staff of the Disaster Response and Management Division (DRMD) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Caraga actively participated in the Three-day Community Organizing Training on May 18-20, 2021 at the Grand Convention of Prince Hotel, this city. The said training was aimed to holistically equip the staff in continue reading : DSWD personnel join Community Organizing Training
A total of 1,834 families in Siargao Islands who were affected by the onslaught of Severe Tropical Storm Auring last February were given cash assistance amounting to P5,502,000 and family food packs (FFPs) amounting to P773,948 for them to fully recover from the said calamity. Siargao Islands, which is located at the northeastern most part continue reading : DSWD gives P6.2-M aid to 1,834 ‘Auring’ victims in Siargao Island
The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office Caraga has assessed and profiled 6,678 families in the Municipality of Mainit, Surigao del Norte, since the year 2019. The families are recipients of the Disaster Vulnerability Assessment and Profiling Project (DVAPP), a project that envisions to establish a database of families in vulnerable areas with continue reading : DVAPP assessment and profiling in Mainit Town serve more than 6,000 families
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 LGUs in the region. Since last February 19, the QRT of DSWD Caraga as well as continue reading : DSWD FO Caraga QRT monitors TS Auring