DSWD 12 spearheads health and nutrition orientation to pregnant and lactating woking moms in line with Nutrition Month celebration. Mayette Flores of National Nutrition Council said, “good nutrition in the baby’s first 1000 days prepares the child for a better quality of life.” 2016 theme: First 1000 days ni baby pahalagahan para sa malusog na continue reading : DSWD XII celebrates Nutrition Month

Teresita Guylan, provincial link of DSWD XII for South Cotabato presents the status of implementation of the govt’s conditional cash transfer program or 4Ps. She said that 40, 488 active beneficiaries in SoCot benefit from the program in 2016. “Pantawid families have crossed the road to self sufficiency because of convergence efforts of the govt,” continue reading : DSWD XII’s steering team mulls SoCot’s CCT implementation

DSWD XII presents the Regional Disaster Response to among partners and stakeholders. Norhata Benito, chief of Disaster Section said, “the agency is prepared to respond to augmentation support for disasters especially in La Niña.

Inside Regional Rehabilitation for the Youth (RRCY) located in Tupi, South Cotabato, a mobile teacher scheduled an ALTERNATIVE LEARNING SYSTEM or ALS by givinglessons and providing lecture and workshops for young boys who were identified as “in conflict with the law”. And only recently at the South Cotabato Gymnasium and Cultural Center, three residents of continue reading : Three rehab center youth-residents graduate from ALS

Koronadal City—Some P19.6 million worth of community projects are now up for implementation in Kiamba, a coastal town of Sarangani province under the government’s poverty-reduction program, Kalahi-CIDSS. Bai Zorahayda T. Taha, DSWD 12 regional director said that another 13 various community projects will be benefited soon by Kiamba town villagers, especially those in the hard-to-reach continue reading : P19.6-M Kalahi-CIDSS projects roll out in Kiamba, Sarangani

Koronadal City—New school, hanging cable footbridge, water system and community market are just among the social infrastructure projects now being benefited by the residents in the remote villages of Kalamansig, a coastal town of Sultan Kudarat province. Gemma N. Rivera, assistant regional director of DSWD Region 12 said that the projects, which completed with the continue reading : Remote villages of Sultan Kudarat benefit P8-M Kalahi-CIDSS projects

Koronadal City—The Department of Social Welfare and Development has gathered leaders of Indigenous Peoples in SOCCSKSARGEN for a consultation dialogue recently for the construction of 135 classroom project in the region. Bai Zorahayda T. Taha, DSWD 12 regional director said that the dialogue aimed to make sure that stakeholders, especially IP leaders, are inclusively taking continue reading : DSWD consults IP leaders for school building construction in Region 12

Koronadal City—The Department of Social Welfare and Development in SOCCSKSARGEN has completed some P209 million worth of community projects through one of its flagship poverty-reduction programs, Kalahi-CIDSS, an agency official said Tuesday. Bai Zorahayda T. Taha, DSWD 12 regional director said that the amount represents a total of 134 projects that were completed through the continue reading : DSWD completes P209 million Kalahi-CIDSS projects in Region 12