The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Caraga is all set to do its part in the implementation of the Balik Probinsya Bagong Pag-asa (BP2) program in the region. BP2 is a government program that aims to decongest highly-urbanized areas, such as cities in the National Capital Region (NCR), by encouraging people, continue reading : DSWD Caraga set for BP2 implementation
Two months after the completion of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) KALAHI-CIDSS’ cash-for-work (CFW) scheme in Barangay Mahayahay, Kitcharao town, Agusan del Norte province, residents maintained the cleanliness of their village through the conduct of monthly Bayanihan-Pahina (cleaning) activity recently. Barangay Mahayahay residents conducted the regular Pahina activity to maintain the cleanliness continue reading : Cash-for-work encourages Kitcharao community to maintain village cleanliness
To answer the growing demand of digitalization, the Regional Program Management Office (RPMO) of KALAHI-CIDSS launched on Monday, May 24, 2021, its new mobile application that allows users to track and access information of any sub-projects implemented by the program in Caraga Region. KALAHI-CIDSS or the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery continue reading : KALAHI-CIDSS Caraga launches subproject locator mobile app
Indigenous Peoples (IPs) in Caraga Region gathered recently in summits conducted by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in several Certificate of Ancestral Domain Titles (CADTs) in the region. Manobo, Mamanwa, Higaonon, Banwaon, and Mandaya are the major tribal groups in Caraga Region. The IP Summit conducted by DSWD’s KALAHI-CIDSS was aimed to continue reading : Caraga Indigenous Peoples gather to revisit IP-CDD implementation
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Caraga have officially turned over two tribal centers, which are subprojects under the KALAHI-CIDSS PAMANA Indigenous People-Community-Driven Development (IP-CDD) program Cycle 2, to the Manobo tribal communities of Barangay Sta. Cruz and Barangay Maligaya in Rosario town, Agusan del Sur province. The turnover ceremonies in continue reading : DSWD Caraga hands 2 tribal centers to Rosario town
You will know when you are in Barangay Cagbaoto, Bayabas town, Surigao del Sur province, if you will hear the name Loyda, Loyds, Ate Loyd, or Loyda Egina. This is not because she is someone in power but because she is everyone’s favorite person to call. You need help or any assistance? Call, Loyda. Someone continue reading : Bayabas town’s Community Empowerment Facilitator is ‘wonder mom’
Helpless. This is how residents of Barangay San Roque in Pilar town, Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte province felt a few years ago as rising sea waters caused by climate change slowly eroded their land. Coastal villages, especially in the Philippines, has always been at the mercy of nature, as the country is one continue reading : KALAHI-CIDSS wharf thwarts soil degradation, effects of climate change
To ensure immediate and efficient delivery of social services to the communities in Alegria, Surigao del Norte, the KALAHI-CIDSS have equipped new Municipal Coordinating Team (MCT) members through an orientation at Kalipayan Beach Resort, Punta Bilar, Surigao City, recently. Since most of the MCT members are newly-hired staff and are new to KALAHI-CIDSS program, they continue reading : KALAHI-CIDSS equips new MCT staff in Alegria