DSWD Region X Conducts KALAHI-CIDSS PAMANA Assessment and 2015 Strategic Planning

Cagayan de Oro – The Department of Social Welfare and Development Northern Mindanao recently conducted the assessment and 2015 strategic planning of Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services – Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (KALAHI CIDSS-PAMANA). The KC-PAMANA is a flagship anti-poverty program of the national government that empowers conflict communities continue reading : DSWD Region X Conducts KALAHI-CIDSS PAMANA Assessment and 2015 Strategic Planning

More poor families to benefit from Listahanan

Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development will be conducting the Second Round Assessment within the first quarter of this year to qualify more poor families to social protection programs, consistent with Executive Order 867 issued to the Department recently. Listahanan or NHTS-PR continue reading : More poor families to benefit from Listahanan

Inside DSWD: HR conducts review classes for workers

The Human Resource Unit of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Northern Mindanao has conducted series of review classes for workers who will take the Career Service Professional Examination of the Civil Service Commission. The mini-review classes aim to further strengthen the staff’s standing by becoming civil service eligible. DSWD employees Philipp Waye Mappala, continue reading : Inside DSWD: HR conducts review classes for workers

Listahanan gears up for more program beneficiaries

To ensure that more poor households will be able to benefit from social welfare and development programs and services, the Department of Social Welfare and Development, in response to one of its strategic goals, will increase the number of poor households identified in the database of Listahanan, an information management system that the government uses continue reading : Listahanan gears up for more program beneficiaries

Micro-lending no more

Gina Helen Estuita, 47 of Mansabay Bajo, Lopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental has learned a lesson of not spending beyond her income. Gina, who is now benefiting from the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program and Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP), disclosed that before the family’s inclusion to the programs, she was forced continue reading : Micro-lending no more

Pantawid Pamilya gains success in pottery through DSWD’s livelihood program

 Misamis Occidental — Violeta Gimena of Biasong, Lopez Jaena, this province, always makes sure to involve her whole family with pottery making, a common business in her community. Realizing the rich supply of clay soil in her village, Violeta, a Pantawid Pamilya beneficiary, set up a small pottery shop. But, Violeta only earned a minimal continue reading : Pantawid Pamilya gains success in pottery through DSWD’s livelihood program