Finding the right person is not always an easy thing to do; sometimes you have to chart unfamiliar territory, brave mountains, cross raging seas and rivers, and endure long treks and bad weather. These challenges hold true to workers of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Caraga, who literally went an extra continue reading : Overcoming challenges to find the ‘right ones’
Cited as one of the best field offices in the country when it comes to management of social pension, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Caraga was selected by the World Bank as one of its subjects of study on the Social Pension for Indigent Senior Citizens Program (SocPen) implementation. The World Bank commissioned continue reading : World Bank evaluates DSWD-Caraga’s social pension management
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Caraga has started the distribution of social pension to qualified indigent senior citizens in the region this month. On Wednesday, June 19, DSWD-Caraga conducted the first semestral payout in the towns of Tubay, Santiago and Kitcharao, all in Agusan del Norte province. A total of 1,293 beneficiaries were continue reading : DSWD-Caraga starts social pension payout for 2019
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will soon disburse the P840-million stipend to 140,000 indigent senior citizens who are beneficiaries of the Social Pension Program in Caraga Region. The 140,000 target beneficiaries are distributed into 29,497 for Agusan del Norte; 33,552 for Agusan del Sur; 29,574 for Surigao del Norte; 36,844 for Surigao continue reading : P840-M pension for poor seniors allocated for Caraga
BUTUAN CITY – Following the successful re-validation of the social pension beneficiaries here, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) – Caraga held its first semester payout to the indigent senior citizens, May 2 and 3. The payout, simultaneously held at Father Urios Institute of Technology, Brgy. Ampayon and 402nd Brigade, Brgy. Bancasi, aimed continue reading : Butuanon social pensioners enjoy 2019 1st sem grant; DSWD sec graces payout
The number of indigent senior citizens who received their social pension in the calendar year 2018 has increased by 1.81%, serving a total of 130, 796 beneficiaries as compared to 128, 466 in 2017. A total of P784, 776, 000 has been disbursed by the Department of SocialWelfare and Development (DSWD) – Caraga through continue reading : Served Caraganon social pensioners up in 2018; DSWD expands program for indigent senior citizens
BUTUAN CITY – This year’s Elderly Filipino Week was celebrated by the Regional Inter-agency Committee on Senior Citizens (RIAC-SC), headed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Caraga, with a visitation of elderly inmates in Butuan City Jail and Agusan del Norte Provincial Jail, October 4 and 5. “We want to spend this week continue reading : DSWD-Caraga leads Elderly Filipino Week ’18, spends time with old inmates
SAN FRANCISCO, AGUSAN DEL SUR — Compliant to the mandate of providing financial assistance to the identified poor Filipinos in the wake of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Law, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Caraga has started its Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) pay-out to beneficiaries of Social Pension for Indigent continue reading : UCT pay-out to Caraga social pensioners starts, DSWD to complete distribution within 3rd quarter