KORONADAL CITY – Aid started to reach low-lying towns of North Cotabato following heavy rain-induced flash floods over the weekend that left thousands of families homeless. The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office XII (DSWD FO XII) begun releasing emergency assistance after local officials of Pikit and Kabacan requested augmentation support for residents continue reading : Aid begins to reach North Cotabato towns hit by destructive flash floods

KORONADAL CITY — Thousands of residents across central Mindanao have availed the central government’s livelihood grants as part of efforts to lessen the effects of the global health crisis, a senior government official announced Tuesday, saying the agency already released at least 26-million in the last two weeks.  Cezario Joel Espejo, regional director of Department continue reading : Thousands of residents get DSWD livelihood projects in Central Mindanao

ALAMADA, North Cotabato — The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office XII (DSWD FO XII) released here Friday the compensation of residents covered by the agency’s cash-for-work (CWF) program but failed to get their money due to lockdown imposed by local officials due to current health crisis. Cezario Joel Espejo, regional director, said continue reading : DSWD releases unclaimed Cash-For-Work aid of residents in North Cotabato town

COTABATO CITY — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office No. XII (DSWD FO XII) has extended help Saturday to families displaced by the recent fire in this city. Cezario Joel Espejo, DSWD-12 regional director, said the agency, through the effort and in partnership with the Office of the President and Senator continue reading : DSWD attends to Cotabato City fire victims

KORONADAL CITY – The monthly grants of beneficiaries covered by the government’s conditional cash transfer program has increased, a senior official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office XII (DSWD FO XII) announced Wednesday. The increase, according to regional director Cezario Joel Espejo, already reflected in the grants of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino continue reading : Grants of 4Ps beneficiaries increase, says DSWD

MAASIM, SARANGANI — The government has started releasing the P793 million financial assistance of indigent senior citizens across the region, a senior official of Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office No. XII (DSWD FO XII) announced Tuesday, saying the agency will fast-tract the distribution of grants of elders affected by the global continue reading : DSWD starts releasing P793M for six-month pension of indigent senior citizens’ pension in Region 12

KORONADAL CITY —  The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office XII (DSWD FO XII) has poured more than P25 million to finance livelihood projects of families affected by the global health crisis in the region. The funding, under the DSWD Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP), benefited 1,572 qualified individuals, DSWD-12 regional director Cezario Joel continue reading : DSWD pours over P25 million livelihood projects in Central Mindanao to ease pandemic effects

KORONADAL CITY — Parent leaders covered by the government’s conditional cash transfer program have signed up to become contact tracers in a bid to curb the growing cases of people infected by coronavirus in Central Mindanao. Cezario Joel Espejo, regional director of Department of Social Welfare and Development, said Wednesday that four parent leaders in continue reading : Parent leaders in Region 12 sign up to become contact tracers