Public service must be more than doing a job efficient and honestly. It must be a complete dedication to the people and to the nation. This is the philosophy of Evelyn Madrio, the Social Welfare and Development Team Leader of Lanao del Norte and Iligan City, as she continues to serve the Department for 19 continue reading : Up Close and Personal with the 2013 Best Social Worker of DSWD
Woman fights poverty by training her family to complement her business
Cagayan de Oro City – Starting a business with limited resources is a challenge, especially for women. For Susana Cabreros, 51, a housewife living in Zone 1, Upper Carmen, this city, life has not been easy. Her husband is a “motorela” driver who earns with only a meager income until they put up a tailoring continue reading : Woman fights poverty by training her family to complement her business
DSWD, CHED open 1,706 slots for college scholarship
Cagayan de Oro City – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Commission on Higher Education here has opened 1,706 college scholarship grants for Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (Pantawid Pamilya) beneficiaries. Cherrylou Acobo, focal person for Students’ Grants-in-Aid Program for Poverty Alleviation (SGP-PA) of DSWD Northern Mindanao, disclosed that the slots is continue reading : DSWD, CHED open 1,706 slots for college scholarship
Persons in crisis can avail assistance from DSWD through AICS
To provide efficient and effective protective services for the poor, marginalized, and vulnerable individuals, the Department of Social Welfare and Development based in Northern Mindanao is strengthening its Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS). The AICS is implemented to provide a range of services, such as immediate rescue, and provision of direct financial assistance, continue reading : Persons in crisis can avail assistance from DSWD through AICS
Secretary Dinky Soliman inspires DSWD Workers in Northern Mindanao
Cagayan de Oro City – “It is more fun to do the impossible.” This was what Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman shared to more than 900 DSWD workers in Region 10, quoting Walt Disney’s statement, during the conduct of her “Roadshow” yesterday, March 5, 2014, here. Presenting the various challenges the Department of Social Welfare and continue reading : Secretary Dinky Soliman inspires DSWD Workers in Northern Mindanao
Seven LGUs to adopt DSWD projects
Cagayan de Oro City — Seven municipalities and a non-governmental organization in Northern Mindanao are set to adopt and implement projects of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The local government units from the provinces of Bukidnon and Misamis Oriental, through its mayors, signed a memorandum of agreement with DSWD in order to continue reading : Seven LGUs to adopt DSWD projects
DSWD discusses programs and services with Congressman Flores
Cagayan de Oro City – Atty. Araceli F. Solamillo, Regional Director of the Department of Social Welfare and Development discusses the agency’s social protection programs and social services to Congressman Florencio T. Flores, Jr., particularly for the second district of Bukidnon. In his visit to the DSWD in Cagayan de Oro today, February 28, 2014, continue reading : DSWD discusses programs and services with Congressman Flores
Congressman Roque and DSWD discuss strategies to better serve people in Bukidnon
Cagayan de Oro City – To strengthen the social services being provided to the residents of the second district of Bukidnon, Congressman Rogelio Neil Roque and Atty. Araceli F. Solamillo, DSWD Regional Director met today, February 28, 2014, to discuss strategies on how both the legislator and the agency can better serve the constituents of continue reading : Congressman Roque and DSWD discuss strategies to better serve people in Bukidnon