“Tungod kai ang mga lumad wala na-edukar, pirme gyud mailad sa mga daotang elemento, gamay ra nga mga pasalig madala dayon sa mga dautan nga idolohiya” ~Alde “Botsoy” Salusad San Fernando, Bukidnon – Sitio Kiranggol, Barangay Dao, is roughly a 6-hour open-trail climb into the rain forests of San Fernando. The Department of Social Welfare continue reading : FEATURE: A Speck of Hope: A Community’s Dream is Coming True
Listahanan Prepares for Launching of New Database
The Department of Social Welfare and Development through the Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTSPR) is now on its preparation stage for the launching of the Latest Database ofthe Profile of the Poor nationwide. The database is the result of the conducted Second Round Household Assessment done last year. The continue reading : Listahanan Prepares for Launching of New Database
UNICEF Partners with Department for Multi-Disciplinary training
As part of the capacity building of direct service implementers and frontline service providers, a multi-disciplinary training on handling and managing cases of child pornography was recently conducted in the region. Participated by service providers composed of LGU social workers, focal persons, psychologists, social workers from centers and institutions catering to cases of child continue reading : UNICEF Partners with Department for Multi-Disciplinary training
Homeless street families to receive livelihood skills training
Cagayan de Oro City — Homeless Street Families in Cagayan de Oro will soon engage themselves in livelihood ventures, to gain employment and other livelihood opportunities with the help of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Modified Conditional Cash Transfer specifically designed to provide livelihood assistance to the Indigenous Peoples and Homeless Street Families. continue reading : Homeless street families to receive livelihood skills training
FEATURE: Peanut roll vendor tops graduating class
Cagayan de Oro City — It will be a dream-come-true for John Ericson Roselim, a 13-year old Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (Pantawid Pamilya) beneficiary from Barangay Santa Ines, Talisayan, Misamis Oriental, some 101.4 kilometer off northeast of this city, who will be graduating valedictorian in his elementary formation. He will be graduating this March 29, continue reading : FEATURE: Peanut roll vendor tops graduating class
DSWD holds IP Summit
Tribal Leaders from Northern Mindanao gather for the Indigenous Peoples Summit, March 16, Pearlmont Hotel, Cagayan de Oro City. The summit opens with the “Panubad-tubad”, a ritual of the Lumads in Mindanao where they kill a chicken and spill its blood on the ground to invoke the presence of ‘Magbabaya’ (Supreme Creator). Present during the continue reading : DSWD holds IP Summit
People’s Dialogue
Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Juliano-Soliman speaks to 1,656 participants to the People’s Dialogue in Cagayan de Oro City last March 18, 2016. This is form part of the series of dialogues in the region, involving cabinet secretaries and various sectors / beneficiaries of government programs. The leg of dialogues began from March 17 to 19, 2016, continue reading : People’s Dialogue
FEATURE: Lumad children of Kiranggol dreams anew
(from left) Mitze Antian, Grade 3; Nistle Genlisa Mae Baculao, Grade 4; and Roseann Antian, Grade 4, are pupils of Dao Elementary School in Barangay Dao, San Fernando, Bukidnon. The three want to become a doctor, a police officer, and a teacher respectively. The grueling 5-hour mountain trek to their school makes it difficult for continue reading : FEATURE: Lumad children of Kiranggol dreams anew