Juan dela Cruz is in shackles. Teetering on the brink of hopelessness and survival, he spends life in apparent hardship. Problems are pebbles he needs to step on as he journeys every day; only that they seem endless. With these waves of vulnerabilities – not enough food on plate, scarce family financial resource, unequal job continue reading : DSWD @ 68: breaking chains, ushering change
Women’s plight is everyone’s fight, says DSWD-Caraga chief
BUTUAN CITY – The success on the assertion of women empowerment in this society does not only concern women. It is everyone’s job to make sure that women’s rights are ensured and advanced. This was the core of the message of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Caraga OIC Director Mita Chuchi Gupana – continue reading : Women’s plight is everyone’s fight, says DSWD-Caraga chief
Babae Serye: Pantawid Mom Overcomes Battle with Big C
“Kung naa ko sa Davao, naga-bayad lang ko og 25 pesos para sa folding bed sa Ecoland Terminal para sa akong katulugan aron makatipid sa gasto, (When I am in Davao, I would just pay Php25 for a folding bed at the Ecoland Bus Terminal for me to save on my accommodation, for me to continue reading : Babae Serye: Pantawid Mom Overcomes Battle with Big C
Babae Serye: Breaking Gender Barriers, Pumping Love and Positivity
For Filipinos, customs and traditions play a critical role in molding the psyche of every individual. It has dictated how one must act upon in a certain situation, or how one must conduct themselves, in accordance to the norms that is acceptable; a very good example to this is how tradition dictates gender roles. For continue reading : Babae Serye: Breaking Gender Barriers, Pumping Love and Positivity
DSWD, Bislig City ink MOA for pilot testing of SIPAG Project
CARAGA – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) – Caraga and the City Government of Bislig signed the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on the pilot testing of the Sustaining Interventions on Poverty Alleviation and Governance (SIPAG) Project at the Grand Palace Hotel, Butuan City on February 28. The SIPAG Project is the agency’s continue reading : DSWD, Bislig City ink MOA for pilot testing of SIPAG Project
DSWD, World Bank hold three-day mission visit in the municipalities of Agusan del Sur
In its relentless and undaunted efforts to eradicate poverty and alleviate the living conditions of families across the country, the Department of Social Welfare and Development together with the World Bank, one of the agency’s first development partners, conducted a three-day mission visit in Talacogon and Trento, Agusan del Sur to determine the progress and continue reading : DSWD, World Bank hold three-day mission visit in the municipalities of Agusan del Sur
DSWD-Caraga’s advocacy on legal adoption amplified thru poetry slam, reg’l forum
BUTUAN CITY– Utilizing an emerging art form in hopes of a more resounding advocacy on legal adoption, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) – Caraga held a spoken word poetry competition relative to the Adoption Consciousness Celebration, February 9 -18. Nine students from different secondary schools in this city have bested each other through continue reading : DSWD-Caraga’s advocacy on legal adoption amplified thru poetry slam, reg’l forum
Progress and development through the ‘Kalahi Way’
Five years ago, the Local Government of Cortes, headed by Municipal Mayor William M. Angos, implemented the Kapit – Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi – CIDSS) program in their municipality with the goal of producing a participative and empowered community. The program was carried out for five continue reading : Progress and development through the ‘Kalahi Way’