The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 02 (DSWD FO2) led the turnover of 75 core shelter houses to families in Manga, Penablanca, Cagayan during a simple ceremony held on April 18, 2018 in the core shelter vicinity. The core shelter area, with construction commencing in 2015 and completed in 2016, has already continue reading : 75 Core Shelter Houses Inaugurated in Penablanca, Cagayan

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Regional Office 02 awarded an Aquaculture Technology Package to the Tilapia-Grow Out Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) Association of Barangay Manano, Mallig, Isabela. The package includes a two-day training for a representative of the association and provision of 2,500 fingerlings and supply of feeds until they are ready continue reading : BFAR Awards Aquaculture Technology Package to Tilapia Grow-Out Sustainable Livelihood Program Association

As part of the continuous efforts of DSWD FO2 Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) to capacitate its program participants, an orientation on Basic Gender and Development (GAD) was held last March 21-22, 2018 where a total of 3600 participants attended  in various community centers across the provinces of Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino. The orientation continue reading : SLP Conducts Orientation on Basic Gender and Development

The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 02’s Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) in partnership with SM Foundation Inc. launched the Kabalikat sa Kabuhayan Farmers Training Program at Aparri and Lallo, Cagayan on April 11-12, 2018. The endeavor was also in partnership with the Department of Agriculture (DA), Harbest Agribusiness Corporation, SM Supermarket and continue reading : SM Foundation Inc. Launches Kabalikat sa Kabuhayan Farmers Training Program to Sustainable Livelihood Program Participants

  The Pagrang-Ayan SLPA Association, a Sustainable Livelihood Program Association (SLPA) accredited by the Sustainable Livelihood Program in DSWD FO2 back in 2016, recently showed that one doesn’t need a hefty starting budget in order to succeed in business. The association, which does its business in Barangay Bintawan, Villaverde, Nueva Vizcaya, a community gifted with continue reading : From Laborers to Association Owners: The Success Story of the Pagrang-Ayan SLP Association

  “The richest man is not he who has the most, but he who needs the least.” Unknown. We were making our way back to Tuguegarao City from Manila one chilly night last October when our Officer-In-Charge informed us that we will be making a short stop in the Municipality of Cabarroguis, Quirino. I was continue reading : How I Met Two Former Cave Dwellers Who Became Core Shelter Beneficiaries

With the theme “Akmang Kasanayan at Kaalaman Tungo sa Magandang Kinabukasan”, the DSWD Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) in partnership with Sourthern Isabela College of Arts and Trades (SICAT) led the conferment rites of SLP Skills Training program participants last February 26, 2018 at Santiago City, Isabela. The partnership was set to capacitate the 145 program continue reading : SICAT Confers Graduate Certificates to 145 SLP Skills Training Participants

The Adoption and Resource Referral Section (ARRS) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 02 (DSWD FO2) will hold a series of activities in line with the Adoption Consciousness Month Celebration this February. The celebration with the theme “Pagmamahal Palaganapin, Legal na Pag-aampon Ating Gawin!” aims to promote legal adoption as a continue reading : DSWD FO2 Holds Adoption Consciousness Month Celebration

With the aim of improving efficiency in the delivery of services during disaster response situations, the Cagayan Valley Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CVRDRRMC) steered the approval of the first Cagayan Valley Regional Disaster Response Plan (CVRDRP) on February 2, 2018 at Hotel Carmelita, Tuguegarao City. The CVRDRP, which was operationalized as a continue reading : DSWD FO2 Leads Approval of Cagayan Valley Regional Disaster Response Plan

  The Isabela School of Arts and Trades (ISAT) in Ilagan City, Isabela awarded certificate of completion to 447 Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries under DSWD FO2’s Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) last February 01, 2018. The graduates, who come from 16 municipalities across 3 districts in the Province of Isabela, were presented with their certificates for different continue reading : 447 SLP Skills Training Participants conferred Graduation Certificates