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
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has started the distribution of the Emergency Shelter Assistance (ESA) to the internally displaced families affected by the 5.5 Magnitude Earthquake that struck the municipalities of Carrascal, Cantilan, Madrid, Carmen and Lanuza, Surigao del Sur last July. On Wednesday, October 16, DSWD Caraga conducted the continue reading : Shelter assistance provided to Internally Displaced Families of 5.5 Magnitude Quake in Surigao Sur
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) recently conducted a series of Roll-Out Training on Enhanced Early Childhood Care and Development-Information System (ECCD-IS) to the five provinces in Caraga to improve the monitoring and reporting system of Day Care Services in all local government units (LGUs) in the region. Local Social Welfare and Development continue reading : Caraga LGUs trained on Enhanced ECCD-Information System
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 have assisted 12 trafficked persons, mostly minors, during the first semester of the year. According to DSWD-Caraga’s Protective Services Division, 10 of the victims were from Agusan del Norte, one from Surigao del Sur, and one from Gingoog City. Of the 12 victims, eight were minors. Eight continue reading : DSWD-Caraga assists 12 trafficked persons on 1st sem 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