The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) clarified the text messages and Facebook posts that are currently circulating on the alleged provision of cash benefits for former and present Agency employees. There is no truth to these messages.

The DSWD stated that all benefits stipulated in the General Appropriations Act are provided to permanent, co-terminus, contractual and casual personnel; while only those benefits stipulated in the Memorandum of Agreement of Contract of Service / Job order workers are provided.

The DSWD also emphasized that official platforms, including internal memoranda coursed through official email addresses or individual correspondences, as appropriate, are being used to communicate with officials and staff with regard to compensation and benefits. Individuals particularly those receiving messages such as this, are encouraged to verify said information with the Department through its Human Resource Management and Development Service and/or its counterparts in the field offices.

The Department also reminded the public, especially its employees, not to provide their personal details through the given links as this may be phishing scams.###

The DSWD KALAHI-CIDSS, through the Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan Indigenous People Community Driven Development (PAMANA IP-CDD) modality delivered 47 community-led sub-projects throughout Region X in 2020, promising a sustained effort to push for IPs’ welfare in 2021.

Operating in the provinces of Bukidnon, Misamis Occidental and Misamis Oriental, the PAMANA IP-CDD has an ongoing implementation in the same provinces with 20 sub-projects underway this year.  

2020 Accomplishments

DSWD, through KALAHI-CIDSS, supports the PAMANA framework—the government’s peace and development framework, by providing micro-level interventions that promote the convergent delivery of services and goods focused on households and communities utilizing the Community-Driven Development (CDD) strategy.

Started in 2017, through the engagement of DSWD with the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace Process (OPAPP), the project aims to: Deliver basic services to IP communities through supporting the implementation of the Ancestral Domain Sustainable Development and Protection Plan (ADSDPP); strengthen partnership of local governance institutions and the Indigenous Political Structures (IPS); and build communities’ resilience to conflict.

2021 Ongoing implementation

11 barangays within the provinces of Bukidnon and Misamis Occidental are yet to begin their sub-projects located in the municipalities of Impasug-ong, Sumilao, Tudela, and Oroquieta City (Capital).

The KALAHI-CIDSS IP CDD Area Coordinating Teams (ACTs) constantly undergo capacity buildings and technical sessions to ensure effective facilitation of community-led projects, fostering empowerment among IPs through their active participation and inclusion in the local development process.

MAKING THINGS SAFER. Having seen the importance of ensuring the safety of its beneficiaries during the pandemic, the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office X distributed cash cards to 1,139 residents in Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte who are eligible to receive the Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT).

Issued by Land Bank of the Philippines, the cash cards will enable UCT beneficiaries to claim their stipend from the DSWD Field Office X from ATM machines, without having to queue in off-site payouts.

As an agency that responds to the needs of the poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged individuals, families, and communities, the DSWD Field Office X continues to seek recommendations from the Department of Health, and the Regional Inter-Agency Task Force for Emergency and Infectious Diseases (RIATF) and implement measures that will help lessen the effects of COVID-19 in Northern Mindanao.