A second tranche of more than 500 family food packs and 50 sacks of used clothing were sent to the Higaonon families in Malaybalay City last January 22, 2016, after a tribal feud took place sometime in November last year affecting more than 70 Higaonon families, and resulting three casualties, and injuring two individuals. According continue reading : DSWD sends food packs to victims of tribal feud in Bukidnon

Misamis Oriental — “Tungod sa Social Pension, makapalit na ko sa akong tambal ug pagkaon nga gikinahanglan namo pang adlaw-adlaw (Because of Social Pension, I can now buy my medicine for daily maintenance).” This is what Mrs. Consolacion Bayno, 77 years old, and a resident of Barangay Baybay, Alubijid, shared regarding her subsidy she regularly continue reading : Senior citizen thanks government for Social Pension

Cagayan de Oro City — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Northern Mindanao has converged here at SM City Cagayan de Oro for the 2015 PaskuJuan, Monday, bringing funfare and bazaar to shoppers. The one-day festivity complements the positive response from the recently concluded National Pantawid Pamilya Family Day. “PaskuJuan” featured a continue reading : DSWD brings ‘PaskuJuan’ fun fare and bazaar to Oro

Misamis Occidental —Indigenous People (IP) belonging to Subanen Tribe here share positive changes in their lives brought about by Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (Pantawid Pamilya) to World Bank representatives during a recent visit here. Rogelio Montac, village chief of Barangay Namut here, said Pantawid Pamilya has encouraged IP parents to send their children in school. continue reading : Subanen group share positive changes to World Bank

A two-day training on Child Growth Standard cum Menu Planning was conducted in three batches for the whole month of October. The training which was spearheaded by the Department of Social Welfare and Development was participated in by  Federated Day Care Workers President from the  provinces of Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental, Camiguin, Bukidnon and Lanao continue reading : Day Care Workers Trained on Child Growth Standard cum Menu Planning

DSWD-10 workers assess poor households to determine their levels of well-being through its Social Welfare and Development Indicator (SWDI) tool which generates a data that will serve as a baseline of how much has improved in a family’s socio-economic status after a year of receiving government assistance.

Cagayan de Oro City — The city’s fast growing economy particularly in the food industry, inspires our Pantawid women association to come together and set up their very own food business. Geared with the necessary skills and attitude, the Sr. Nazareno 4Ps Association, actively participated to all program activities of the Department of Social Welfare continue reading : Pantawid Women Association serves their way to success