KORONADAL CITY —Workers hired by the government started their full-scale training over the weekend ahead of their deployment to assess poor household in Central Mindanao, the Department of Social Welfare and Development reported Monday. Sohra Pandi-Guialel, DSWD-12 chief of policy and plans division, said the first batch of enumerators, area coordinators and supervisors that will continue reading : DSWD trains enumerators for assessment of poor households in R12

BANGA, SOUTH COTABATO — A senior social welfare official urged rebel returnees Friday to help the state convince their comrades to return to the folds of the law, saying President Rodrigo Duterte administration is sincere in providing them livelihood and other needed support for their families. Cezario Joel Espejo, Department of Social Welfare and Development continue reading : DSWD urges rebel returnees to convince other comrades to surrender as government readies to provide assistance

KORONADAL CITY — More than a hundred thousand children in the region were able to benefit from the government’s Supplementary Feeding Program (SFP), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reported Thursday, in what local officials described a success as it surpassed the agency’s target beneficiaries. SFP, implemented under DSWD, is the provision of continue reading : Over 100K children benefit DSWD-12 SFP in Central Mindanao

KORONADAL CITY — The government provided financial assistance for civilians wounded in a bomb explosion over the weekend in Isulan town in Sultan Kudarat Province. At least eight people, identified as Jay Lorio Carnaso, 30; Richard de Oyoe Arancillo, 45; Jerald Cartagen, 28; Nino Binas Virgo, 28; Jomar Catalan Aquino, 31; Jaren Elimane Amigo, 24; continue reading : DSWD extends financial support to blast victims in Sultan Kudarat

TUPI, South Cotabato — Thousands of government’s anti-poverty program beneficiaries here celebrated family day on Sunday as they re-assured their full support to President Rodrigo Duterte’s program on children’s health and education, a senior official said. More than 5,000 partner beneficiaries under Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) attended the activity as part of the town’s 66th continue reading : 4Ps beneficiaries celebrates family day, re-assures commitment to follow program conditions

KORONADAL CITY — Government officials in South Cotabato vowed to strengthen the state’s campaign for drug returnees, a social welfare agency director announced Friday, as he pushes for the conversion of its facility into drug rehabilitation center. Cezario Joel Espejo, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 12 regional director,  said he initially agreed with continue reading : DSWD, other officials, push for setting up of rehab center in Tupi

KORONADAL CITY — The social welfare agency in Central Mindanao appealed Thursday to local officials and partner agencies to throw their full support on next month’s region-wide assessment of poor families for inclusion in the state’s anti-poverty programs. Speaking at the orientation held at Cinco Niñas in this city, Cezario Joel Espejo, DSWD-12 regional director, continue reading : DSWD appeals for support on 3rd Listahanan assessment