Cagayan de Oro — 880 beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program are now set to work overseas after finishing vocational courses handled by the Skills Mastery Institute (SMI), a partner of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in implementing Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) in Cagayan de Oro. According to SMI, out of the continue reading : Pantawid Pamilya vocational graduates to work overseas
DSWD pilots program for recovering drug dependents
Recovering drug dependents are now part of the priorities of the Department of Social Welfare and Development as it has piloted the Strategies Towards Acceptance, Reintegration and Transformation (START). In partnership with the Treatment and Rehabilitation Centers Committee of the Dangerous Drugs Board, the DSWD has piloted the START implemention in Cagayan de Oro and continue reading : DSWD pilots program for recovering drug dependents
DSWD pays half million to indigent senior citizens in Jasaan town
Misamis Oriental — The Department of Social Welfare and Development recently handed in a total of P580,500 to 387 indigent senior citizens in Jasaan this province as their social pension for the last three months. The Social Pension program implemented by the DSWD is the national government’s response to the needs of the indgent senior continue reading : DSWD pays half million to indigent senior citizens in Jasaan town