Barobo, Surigao del Sur – Thirty members of the Dapdap Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) Association in Barobo, Surigao del Sur received a swine production and hog-fattening project from the Department of Social Welfare and Development through the Sustainable Livelihood Program, recently. With a total amount of Php 450,000, the livelihood project includes a weighing scale, continue reading : Association receives hog-fattening project from DSWD
In San Francisco, Surigao del Norte, a group of mothers used to box themselves in their homes. These women thought that women’s role is only limited to taking good care of their families and doing household chores. But this perspective changed when they were introduced to the Sustainable Livelihood Program. Through the program, they gained continue reading : Women’s association expands horizons
“Lisod gyud kaayo among kinabuhi sa niaging tuig kay sunod-sunod gyud ang kapait nga among nasinati. Nawalaan nami og panginabuhian, nagsunod-sunod sab ang problema sa among pamilya.” This is how Rosilda Sumagaysay describes their life during the peak of the pandemic. To say that the pandemic has gravely affected the people’s jobs, livelihoods, and health continue reading : Overcoming obstacles: A mother’s story
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Caraga has extended Livelihood Assistance Grants (LAG) to 710 families from Nasipit, Magallanes, and Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte on May 11 and 12, 2021, through the Sustainable Livelihood Program. In Cabadbaran City, over 216 families have received the said assistance. While in the municipality continue reading : DSWD extends livelihood assistance to 710 families in AgNor
TANDAG CITY – About 103 families in Tandag City, Surigao del Sur received livelihood assistance from the Sustainable Livelihood Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Caraga on Tuesday May 18, 2021. These families were displaced from their homes due to a fire accident in August 2018, During the release continue reading : DSWD provides livelihood assistance to displaced families in Tandag
A total of Php 25,000,000 livelihood grants have been distributed to 1,259 internally displaced families in the Caraga Region by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Caraga through the agency’s Sustainable Livelihood Program. The livelihood assistance, amounting to Php 20,000 per family, serves as start-up capital to rehabilitate the families’ existing continue reading : P25-M livelihood aid given to internally displaced families
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Municipal Government of Dapa, Surigao del Norte signed recently an agreement that will provide a framework to better implement the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) that will enable poor families to participate in the local economy through Micro Enterprise Development. Dapa Mayor Elizabeth Matugas and Regional continue reading : DSWD, Dapa town ink pact to help poor families access livelihood
For Dina Dador and her family, life before the pandemic was already hard. But when the country imposed the community quarantine, living was like competing in a survival game. Before the pandemic happened, Dina’s family solely depended on the income that her husband earns from driving a “padyak” or pedicab in Butuan City. The family continue reading : Spark of hope: Livelihood aid supports family amidst crisis