After years of barely surviving on the streets of Quezon City and collecting recyclable materials for a living, Ryan is now back in Bayugan City, rebuilding his life, thanks to the Pag-Abot Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Ryan left Bayugan City for Manila with the hope of improving his continue reading : DSWD’s Pag-Abot Program Brings Former Street Scavenger Back Home to Start Anew
Jodilyn and her family, once beneficiaries of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa (BP2) Program and later endorsed to the Pag-Abot Program in 2024, were reintegrated back to Masbate from Mandaluyong City. To help them rebuild their lives, the family received livestock livelihood project, a carabao and a cow continue reading : Tumbles, Triumph, Touchdown: A Family’s Journey to a Second Chance Home
The Pag-abot Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Caraga provided livelihood assistance to three families who were previously in street situations in Butuan City today, November 25, 2025. The livelihood assistance will serve as start-up support for the beneficiaries’ chosen sources of income to prevent them from returning to continue reading : DSWD Caraga’s Pag-Abot Program Grants Livelihood Assistance to Three Former Street Families in Butuan City
Three families received livelihood assistance, and one beneficiary was provided with psychosocial support during the payout of the Pag-abot Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Caraga on November 21, 2025, in Surigao City. During the operation, the situation of the families and individuals found living on the streets was continue reading : DSWD Caraga Provides Livelihood, Psychosocial Assistance to Street Families in Surigao City
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Caraga, through the Pag-abot Program, in partnership with the Butuan City Social Welfare and Development Department (CSWDD), conducted a reach-out operation on the evening of Saturday, October 18, 2025, in Butuan City. Most of those reached during the operation were children found wandering or living continue reading : DSWD Caraga Pag-abot Program Secures ISS in Butuan City
For twenty long years, Jimuel Baldo Timbogan dreamed of going home to Trento, Agusan del Sur. The years in Manila hardened him, years marked by hardship, separation from family, and battles for survival. But thanks to the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Pag-abot Program, that dream has finally turned into reality. “Dahil sa continue reading : Two Decades Away, One Journey Back: Jimuel’s Story of Survival and Renewal
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Caraga, through its Pag-abot Program, conducted Joint Reach-out Operations in Cabadbaran City on September 4, 2025, and in Surigao City on September 23–25, in partnership with the local governments of the said cities. The operations reached children and youth found loitering or begging, as well continue reading : DSWD Caraga, LGUs Conduct Joint Reach-out Operations in Cabadbaran and Surigao Cities
In his younger years, Ronald Mercado Bernante, or “Tata” as many call him, from Butuan City and of Cebuano heritage, worked tirelessly as a factory laborer to provide for himself and his family. He carried with him the simple dream of building a stable future through hard work, unaware that life would soon test his continue reading : No Longer on the Margins: Tata’s Story of Loss, Survival, and Homecoming