More poor senior citizens to benefit under Social Pension
Friday, 27 January 2012 16:47 | 
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BAGUIO CITY – More poor senior citizens in the region will benefit from the Social Pension Program of the government as the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is set to expand its coverage this year.
Data from the DSWD-CAR revealed that some 2,762 senior citizens in CAR will be added to the existing 3,566 social pensioners bringing the total number to 6,328.
DSWD Regional Director Leonardo Reynoso said the 77% increase in the number of beneficiaries in CAR is part of program’s expansion to an estimated 1, 297,159 million poor elderly Filipinos nationwide (based on NHTS-PR data) that are qualified for social pension.
‘DSWD-Cordillera rose above challenges’Saturday, 31 December 2011 15:02 | | |
The Secretary made the statement during her yearend meeting with field workers of the DSWD Convergence Strategy in the city. “I acknowledge and commend everyone for a job well done. We have demonstrated our capacity (to implement) in 2011,” the Secretary said.
Besao communities invest 9.2 million grant in development projectsSaturday, 31 December 2011 13:40 | | |
For its second year of implementing the KALAHI-CIDSS Project, the municipality of Besao has set 12 development sub-projects as priorities in a recent Municipal Inter-Barangay Forum – Participatory Resource Allocation (MIBF-PRA). The 12 development projects are worth 9.2 Million Pesos from KALAHI-CIDSS Project grants and local counterpart contributions from the municipality and barangays. Barangays of Agawa, Ambagiw, Besao East, Besao West, Catengan, Kin-iway, Lacmaan, Laylaya, Padangaan, Payeo, Suquib, and Tamboan were able to get the nod of the community from communities-set criteria to be prioritized in the sub-project implementation by January 2012.
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Sec. Soliman visits psychotherapy center for childrenSaturday, 31 December 2011 14:11 | | |
BAGUIO CITY – Social Welfare Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Juliano – Soliman visited Wednesday the Sunflower children’s center, a psychosocial diagnosis and treatment facility for children, as a sign of the agency’s commitment for its child protection advocacy. During her short visit, the Secretary met with center staff headed by its director Fr. Geraldo Costa, CICM, who also established the center in 2003. Among the issues discussed during the dialogue include the situationer on the clientele group, children in conflict with law (CICL), and juvenile delinquency among others.
Pasil, Tinglayan meet in KALAHI-CIDSS TalakayanSaturday, 31 December 2011 08:25 | | |
Innovating activities in the community driven development project of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), community volunteers, local government units of Pasil and Tinglayan in Kalinga, and KALAHI-CIDSS staff came together in the first batch of Talakayan forums in the region. The forum was called to discuss issues, concerns, and plans midway through their implementation of the KALAHI-CIDSS Project, one of the three convergence programs of the DSWD. The activity aimed to gather the municipal and barangay representatives with staff of the KALAHI-CIDSS Regional Project Management office and to address possible gaps through the implementation of the project. It also aimed to plan out the next steps and activities that the municipality and barangays have to take to catch up with any delays in the implementation.
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