Koronadal City—With the recent approval of President Aquino to scale up the community-driven development as a national strategy for poverty-reduction, Department of Social Welfare and Development has named 17 towns in Region XII to benefit multi-million community projects, an agency official said Friday. Emerita Q. Dizon, regional project coordinator, said that preparatory activities are now continue reading : DSWD eyes 17 towns to benefit multi-million poverty-reduction program in Region XII

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 12 targets to complete soon the 2, 465 field workers it needs to augment for the second nationwide household assessment this year. The facilitating body of the project, the National Household Targeting Unit (NHTU) is set to hire 1,615 Enumerators (Ens), 323 Area Supervisors (AS), 65 Area continue reading : DSWD completes workforce for second household assessment

To any given product, a strong brand is as vital as its purpose. Building a strong one helps in shaping the perception of its audiences. In the case of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), a few findings during its National Household Targeting Office (NHTO) communication audit conducted in May 2012 apparently revealed continue reading : Magnifying the new brand name

The Department of Social Welfare and Development field office 12 continues to expand the number of poor households in the region that have availed of at least two (2) social welfare and development (SWD) programs. The Strategic Goal Number Two (SG 2) of the department calls for the expansion of the number of Listahanan- identified continue reading : DSWD 12 monitors use of Listahanan database

KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato — The Department of Education will mobilize women covered by government’s anti-poor program for the expansion of a learning program in remote villages of Central Mindanao. DepED 12 Resource Mobilization and Special Events Dvision (RMSSED) and Alternative Learning System (ALS) chief Dr. Melinda Rivera reported Monday her agency recently trained parent continue reading : Parent leaders to work as mobile teachers in Region 12

ISULAN, Sultan Kudarat—The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Region XII has turned over recently the first batch of completed community infrastructure projects in the region under the government’s Grassroots Planning and Budgeting Process initiative, an agency official said Monday. Regional Project Coordinator for Kalahi-CIDSS, Emerita Q. Dizon said that five villages of Isulan continue reading : DSWD turns over first GPBP projects in Region XII

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reveals that 48% of the 1.6 poor individuals in Region XII are women. Accordingly, the Province of North Cotabato posted the biggest share with 262,362 identified poor women. The Province of North Cotabato is trailed by South Cotabato with 182,105 poor women, followed by Sultan Kudarat with continue reading : DSWD identifies poor women in region 12

LAKE SEBU, South Cotabato –Women supported by a government anti-poverty program recently underwent a three-day training on literacy enhancement, a senior official of Department of Social Welfare and Education reported Monday. Bai Zorahayda T. Taha, regional director of DSWD, said the activity, in partnership with the Department of Education, was part of the state’s campaign continue reading : IP women undergo literacy training