(DSWD) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has turned over three Covid-19 isolation units to the indigenous peoples (IP) communities in Asuncion, Davao del Norte, through the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) P
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services
COMMUNITIES deemed eligible to be part of the Kalahi-CIDSS (KC) program caused greater deforestation compared to communities that were not part of the program, according to a study by a researcher at the London School of Economics (LSE). In a study titled, “Aid Against Trees? Evidence from a Community-Driven Development…
ISOLATION.The newly completed isolation units for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) patients in Tboli town, South Cotabato province established through a PHP12.1 million grant from the Department of Social Welfare and Development. The facility is composed of 25 container vans that were transformed into airconditioned isolation rooms. (Photo courtesy of DSWD-12) GENERAL SANTOS CITY -The municipality of Tboli in South Cotabato province has opened a 50-bed isolation center for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) that was built through a PHP12.1 million grant from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Restituto Macuto, director of DSWD-Region 12, said on Wednesday the facility was built under its flagship anti-poverty initiative Kalahi CIDSS and the PAyapa at MAsaganang PamayaNAn (PAMANA) to support a Community-Driven Development Program for Indigenous Peoples. Kalahi-CIDSS stands for Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Servic