To ensure the feasibility of the projects proposed under Executive Order 70 (EO 70), series of 2018, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Caraga conducted a project site validation in conflict-vulnerable areas in Cabadbaran City and Tubay, Agusan del Norte on July 19, 2022. The activity, which falls under the third continue reading : DSWD Caraga conducts project site validation in AgNor towns
600 TY Odette-affected families receive livelihood grants from DSWD
In its commitment to continuously help families affected by the wrath of Typhoon Odette, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Caraga distributed the Livelihood Settlement Grant to 600 beneficiaries in Surigao City, Surigao del Norte and San Jose, Province of Dinagat Islands on July 14, 2022. Through the Sustainable Livelihood Program continue reading : 600 TY Odette-affected families receive livelihood grants from DSWD
DSWD strengthens efforts against hunger thru marketing agreement
In its continuous effort to eradicate hunger and poverty in the region, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Caraga, through its Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP) Regional Program Management Office, co-facilitated the Renewal of Marketing Agreement Signing Ceremony between the Cabadbaran City District Jail and the Kamalaka Irrigators’ Association continue reading : DSWD strengthens efforts against hunger thru marketing agreement
DSWD leads meeting against hunger and poverty
In its relentless commitment to eradicate hunger and poverty in the region, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Caraga led the first quarter meeting for 2022 of the Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP) Regional Convergence Team (RCT) at the Pavilion, Watergate Hotel, Butuan City, on March 31. The first continue reading : DSWD leads meeting against hunger and poverty
DSWD, DTI serves MSMEs in Dinagat, provides livelihood assistance
About 62 beneficiaries in the municipalities of San Jose, Loreto, and Cagdianao, Province of Dinagat Islands received livelihood assistance amounting to PHP 15,000 each from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Caraga and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Caraga, recently. The distribution of livelihood assistance to the said beneficiaries continue reading : DSWD, DTI serves MSMEs in Dinagat, provides livelihood assistance
DSWD, DTI extend assistance to pandemic-affected MSMEs
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Caraga, in partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Caraga, distributed livelihood assistance to 165 micro, small, medium enterprise (MSME) beneficiaries in Carmen and Lanuza, Surigao del Sur, Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte, and Surigao City, Surigao del Norte, recently. Through DSWD’s Sustainable continue reading : DSWD, DTI extend assistance to pandemic-affected MSMEs
Conflict vulnerable area associations get livelihood aid
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Caraga handed over two livelihood projects amounting to Php 300,000 each to the Tongao Pongtod Farmers Association and San Juan Youth Association in Alegria, Surigao del Norte. The recipient associations are located in Barangay Pongtod and Barangay San Juan – two barangays in the municipality continue reading : Conflict vulnerable area associations get livelihood aid
A new start: Of choosing family, peace, and freedom
Family. Peace. Freedom. These were the three significant reasons that made Therese (not her real name), turn her back from going against the government. Therese was only 17 when she decided to join a well-known leftist group in the country that recruits young adolescents like her. She was encouraged to join the group because it continue reading : A new start: Of choosing family, peace, and freedom