Cagayan de Oro City — Thousands of children in Northern Mindanao are now medically considered as healthy after 120 days of supplementary feeding by the Department of Social Welfare and Development. DSWD’s Nutritionist-Dietitian Rechel Grace C. Ceniza disclosed that out of 123,991 children, only 4,345 are left malnourished after being subjected to supplementary feeding for continue reading : DSWD rehabs thousands of malnourished children
Lanao town inaugurates 13 community-identified and implemented projects
Lanao del Norte – 13 community projects were inaugurated last June 26, 2014 in Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte which were made possible through the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services – Peaceful and Resilient Communities (KALAHI-CIDSS PAMANA) – a community-driven development (CDD)project implemented by the Department of Social Welfare continue reading : Lanao town inaugurates 13 community-identified and implemented projects
DSWD brings services, programs closer to people
Cagayan de Oro City — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Northern Mindanao has recently brought its services and programs closer to the residents of Malitbog town, an interior municipality of Bukidnon province; some 52 kilometers off east of this city. The convergence caravan dubbed as Serbisyo Distrito ni Cong. Malou, hosted by continue reading : DSWD brings services, programs closer to people
Lanao fisherfolk improve livelihood through DSWD program
An organized fisherfolk group in Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte show off some of their catch of “bangus” in the coastal area of Barangay Libertad. The “Libertad Fisherfolks SKA” is a 20-member association organized through the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Sustainable Livelihood Program under the Grassroots Participatory Budget Process (SLP-GPBP). The government program aims continue reading : Lanao fisherfolk improve livelihood through DSWD program
Survival to Subsistence: Pantawid Pamilya households’ well-being improved
Cagayan de Oro City – The Department of Social Welfare and Development recently reported that more than 30,000 beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, particularly those benefitting from the Program since 2008 and 2009, have now moved their households’ well-being from “survival” to “subsistence.” Using the Social Welfare Indicator (SWI) tool used by the continue reading : Survival to Subsistence: Pantawid Pamilya households’ well-being improved
Straight from the Validation front liners
The validation of the Department of Social Welfare and Development for Social Pension and the Modified Conditional Cash Transfer for Families in Need of Special Protection in Northern Mindanao is now on its encoding and verifying stage. Area supervisors and enumerators have turned over their accomplished Family Assessment Forms (FAF) to the National Household Targeting continue reading : Straight from the Validation front liners
Children in conflict with the law learn history during Independence Day
Youth residents of the Regional Rehabilitation Center for Youth (RRCY) based in Gingoog City gets some history course about Philippine Independence in celebration of the Independence Day. The RRCY is a center managed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development to serve children in conflict with the law in Northern Mindanao.###smu
DSWD feeds DepEd pupils with P42.8 M
Cagayan de Oro City — The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Northern Mindanao has transferred funds amounting to P42,810,800 to the Department of Education to feed the severely wasted Kinder and Grades I-VI pupils and their families in the whole region. Lawyer Araceli F. Solamillo said the transfer of funds aims to address continue reading : DSWD feeds DepEd pupils with P42.8 M