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) 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