KORONADAL CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) spent more than P1 billion for infrastructure projects in the last five years in Central Mindanao, a senior government official reported Monday, as the government is working to extend the World Bank assisted program. Cezario Joel Espejo, DSWD-12 regional director, said the funds were continue reading : DSWD completes over P1 Billion Kalahi-CIDSS projects in Region 12

KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato — The newly-installed regional director of Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Mindanao vowed Monday to strengthen the government’s efforts in protecting the rights of children facing criminal charges as he urged for immediate release of budget allocation next year for the construction of Bahay Pag-asa, an intervention facility continue reading : DSWD 12 vows to protect rights of minors in jail

SULTAN KUDARAT – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office XII through the National Household Targeting Unit (NHTU) and the Provincial Local Government Unit of the Province of Sultan Kudarat entered into a Memorandum of Agreement to access the information of the identified poor households of the province. The Provincial Planning and continue reading : Sultan Kudarat utilizes DSWD Listahanan’s database of poor households

KORONADAL CITY— The partnership of Department of Social Welfare and Development and United Nations Development Programme has completed P13. 18 million worth of infrastructure projects, helping various villagers in the region to access basic social services, an agency senior official said Tuesday. Bonifacio V. Selma Jr., DSWD 12 assistant regional for operations said that 11 continue reading : DSWD, UNDP complete P13-M social infra projects in Region 12

KABACAN, NORTH COTABATO — Concerned about the plight of students in her town, Sampaguita Derecho Martin will always make a  way to squeeze in her tight schedule a time to visit students candidates for drop out, encouraging them the future that awaits should they get a degree in college. The 55-year-old teacher Kilagasan, Kabacan town continue reading : DSWD 12 honor teacher remarkable undertakings for students in N. Cotabato

SOUTH COTABATO – The Provincial Planning and Development Office (PPDO) of the Province of South Cotabato entered into a Memorandum of Agreement with DSWD field office XII through the National Household Targeting Unit to access the information of poor households of the province. According to Jennifer C. Bretaña, Coordinator of the PPDO, the data obtained continue reading : South Cotabato utilizes the gov’t database of poor households

MAGUINDANAO – The Department of Social Welfare and Development filed office XII through the National Household Targeting Unit (NHTU) will start the Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) activities namely: notification and registration of the Listahanan identified beneficiaries in the province of Maguindanao. Sohra Pandi-Guialel, chief of the Policy and Plans Division together with the staff of continue reading : DSWD XII to notify UCT-Listahanan beneficiaries in Maguindanao

PALIMBANG, Sultan Kudarat—Teacher Lynie Alameda, 36, will no longer hold classes for her 60 out-of-school youth learners in a dilapidated building where they jostle for space and complain the lack of materials and facilities for education for many years. The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Region 12 has turned over recently a P1.77 continue reading : DSWD turns over P1.77 million learning center for out-of-school youth in Palimbang