When others see things as junk or garbage, some see them as gold. Relying from what other people considered waste of the industrialized Butuan, a group named NAgkahiusang PUBring MangayKAYay (NAPUBKAY) deem these materials worth reusing, recycling – worth retrieving. What sustains their families on a daily basis are their earnings from scavenging the used continue reading : THE SCAVENGERS’ JOURNEY: From Rubbish to Wellness

BUTUAN CITY – With the intensified efforts of the government to improve the level of well-being of its constituents, the administration drafted Republic Act 10963 otherwise known as TRAIN Law or Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Law pursuant to the provisions of Section 244 of the National Internal Revenue Code published on March 15, continue reading : Kalahi-CIDSS Livelihood and Enterprise partner-beneficiaries undergo TRAIN Law Orientation

SURIGAO DEL SUR – Different stakeholders of the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Caraga successfully conducted the Sustainability Evaluation Test (SET) last April 11-12, 2018 for the community projects of the seven (7) barangays in San Agustin, continue reading : Sustainability and Utilization Ensured in Kalahi-CIDSS Community Projects

BUTUAN CITY – Local chief executives and local government units’ department heads of different municipalities in Caraga implementing the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) participated in the conduct of the annual Regional Stakeholders’ Forum last April 6, 2018 at Almont Hotel’s Inland continue reading : DSWD Caraga – Kalahi CIDSS awards active, supportive stakeholders

BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (DSWD Kalahi-CIDSS) aims to strengthen the capability of the Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Community Volunteer Groups all throughout Kalahi-CIDSS implementing barangays, thus, launched the O&M Management Support Unit (OMMSU) which had its orientation continue reading : DSWD Kalahi-CIDSS Caraga creates Operations and Maintenance Management Support Unit

BUTUAN CITY — In response to the need for supplementary energy provision through renewable energy technology, the Kapit-BiSig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KaIahi-CID5S) hosted a forum dubbed Suppliers Conference for Solar-Powered Sub- Projects on February 12, 2018 at Prince Hotel Convention, here. The conference aimed to establish a common understanding continue reading : Kalahi-CIDSS Caraga holds suppliers’ conference solar-powered projects

SURIGAO DEL SUR – Around 130 Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) workers from DSWD Field Office 10 conducted a cross-learning visit in Field Office Caraga. The team was able to visit the evacuation center – community sub-project in the municipality of Hinatuan last January 10, 2018.   Successfully implemented continue reading : DSWD Field Office X conducts field visit in Kalahi-CIDSS Caraga champion town

About nineteen (19) Community Volunteer groups from different municipalities in the region were recognized for their exemplary service in volunteerism last December 14, 2017. The groups were honored during the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) Caraga’s 4th Regional BayanI Ka! Awards held continue reading : DSWD Kalahi-CIDSS Caraga Community Volunteers Honored at 4th Regional BayanI Ka! Awards