BAGUIO CITY – The Cordillera Field Office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) celebrated Friday the 62nd anniversary of the agency through a one day slate of activities here. With the theme “DSWD@62: Sama-samang husay tungo sa tagumpay,” the Department opened the celebration with a regional general assembly of over 500 DSWD continue reading : Field Office celebrates 62 years of DSWD

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office Cordillera is launching its own campaign against “epals” (street lingo for credit grabber) during the midterm election period. Dubbed “Bawal ang Epal Dito”, the campaign is the DSWD’s response to reports that various politicians and groups have been using the Conditional Cash Transfer Program also continue reading : DSWD Cordillera to launch ‘bawal ang epal dito’ campaign

The national government will now use the community-driven development (CDD) approach as a national strategy for poverty alleviation in the Philippines for 2013. Dubbed as the National Community Driven Development Program (NCDDP), the project will use the systems developed through Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan- Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) and will also continue reading : Kalahi-CIDSS turns NCDDP in national scale up for 2013

Recruits of the Government Internship Program (GIP) in the Cordillera who were under the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) have finally received their stipends for the second half of their 52-day stint in government operations last year. The release of payment, which was delayed due to realignment of funds, started in the last continue reading : Government interns receive stipends