Thousands of Pantawid Pamilya grantees join Brigada Eskwela

Cagayan de Oro City — Thousands of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program beneficiaries in Northern Mindanao region troop to various public schools to join the Brigada Eskwela 2015 launched by the Department of Education (DepEd). Almost all of the 259,797 grantees of the region coming from the provinces of Misamis Oriental, Bukidnon, Misamis Occidental, Lanao del continue reading : Thousands of Pantawid Pamilya grantees join Brigada Eskwela

Pantawid Pamilya vocational graduates to work overseas

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

Enumerators trained for Second Round Assessment

The Department of Social Welfare and Development will train 1,654 enumerators this month before the latter’s deployment for the Department’s Listahanan Second Round Assessment come June. The enumerators, along with area coordinators and area supervisors are expected to be deployed immediately after the training, and will be paying courtesy calls to local government units prior continue reading : Enumerators trained for Second Round Assessment