Activities are in-line for the nationwide celebration of the 66th founding anniversary of Department of Social Welfare and Development .
Regional Director Mercedita Jabagat said during the Kapihan sa Dabaw forum at SM City Davao Monday that for Davao Region, the celebration will kick off on February 27and will culminate on March 3.
“We are looking forward to the presence of DSWD Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo who accepted our invitation to be the guest of the culmination program,” said the regional director.
The celebration will feature the following activities: thanksgiving mass, blessing of facilities inside the compound, bazaar, garage sale, products display by Sustainable livelihood program (SLP) recipients and DSWD centers, free eye checkup and consultation, and comtech exhibit and turnover of system device.
The celebration will also highlight the turnover of livelihood assistance and cash for work funds to beneficiaries and rollout of social pension payout for senior citizens.
In the data submitted by the regional office, 6,495 households across the region have benefitted from the agency’s Sustainable Livelihood Program in 2016. Meanwhile, in the same year, 82,531 benefitted from Social Pension Program; 20,287 of these are from Davao City.
