To help augment the daily subsistence and other medical needs of the indigent senior citizens during the health crisis brought about by the Novel Coronavirus Disease also known as COVID-19, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Caraga has fast-tracked the distribution of the 2nd-semester payout of the Social Pension Program for Indigent continue reading : DSWD Caraga begins Social Pension Program payout for 2nd sem 2020
BUTUAN CITY- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) field office XIII has already served 151, 735 indigent senior citizen beneficiaries of the Social Pension (SocPen) program amid the COVID-19 crisis as of June 2020. Beneficiaries of the 73 municipalities of Caraga received their 6-months’ worth social pension covering the months of January – continue reading : Social Pension 1st sem 2020 payout completed
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), together with the 73 local government units (LGUs) in Caraga Region, have served more than 140,000 beneficiaries of the Social Pension Program for Indigent Senior Citizens for the first semester of 2020. As of May 20, 2020, a total of 143,302 out of the 170,000 target continue reading : 2020 1st sem Social Pension payout in Caraga nears completion
Sitting under a waiting shed a few meters from the shore, an old man watched from a distance as an outrigger boat slowly approached the island where he lived. He was not expecting a guest on their humble abode that day. Romeo Caunsad Sr., 65, squinted as he watched the boatman carefully maneuvered the twin-engined continue reading : Ray of hope for fading hopefuls
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Central Office commended DSWD Field Office (FO) Caraga for being the only field office in the country to serve 100% of its target beneficiaries for Social Pension Program for Indigent Senior Citizens in 2019. FO Caraga received the commendation last January 17, 2020, during the consultation continue reading : DSWD Caraga commended for Social Pension achievement in 2019
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Caraga ended 2019 with flying colors as it was able to surpass expectations, especially in hitting its targets for its programs and services for the year. One of its programs, the Social Pension Program for Indigent Senior Citizens (SocPen) was able to serve 140,000 senior continue reading : DSWD Field Office Caraga hits Social Pension 2019 target
“All of life is peaks and valleys. Don’t let the peaks get too high and the valleys too low.” John Wooden Sitio Tabon-tabon of barangay Mahagsay in the municipality of San Luis, Agusan del Sur is known to be a place where the birds called Tabon or Philippine Egret lay eggs. The local residing in continue reading : A Life of Contentment, a Life Well Spent
Beneficiaries of the Social Pension for Indigent Senior Citizens Program (SocPen) who haven’t claimed their stipends still have a chance to get their pension. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Caraga is currently conducting special payouts for SocPen beneficiaries who have unclaimed pensions for the first and second semesters. Juvy P. continue reading : DSWD schedules payout for unclaimed SocPen grants