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