Staff from the DSWD Field Office 02 attended the Local Serbisyo Caravan headed by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Region 02 at Brgy. Andabuen, Benito Soliven, Isabela earlier today.

The activity was in support to E.O.70, creating a Whole of Nation Approach to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC). The event, organized to bring government programs and services closer to far-flung areas of the region, was attended by 12 National Government Agencies’ DSWD, DILG, TESDA, DOH, PNP, DTI, DA, DAR, NCIP, DPWH, DEPED, DOLE as well as the Isabela Electric Cooperative (ISELCO), the Provincial Local Government Unit of Isabela and the Municipal Local Government Unit of Benito Soliven.

The DSWD, for its part, brought services such as payout of the 2nd semester grant of the Social Pension Program for beneficiaries in the area who were not able to receive their grant last year, assistance to grievances by beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program as well as to questions of participants regarding other programs and services of the DSWD.

A certificate of appreciation was also given by the DILG to the field office at the conclusion of the activity for its contributions to the said event. ###