The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office XI and the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Davao Region, conducted a press conference called, “Kapihan sa PIA XI,” on DSWD XI’s programs under its Promotive Services Division, namely the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS), Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP), and Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP), last July 25, 2022, at SM City Davao Annex.

Some of the topics discussed were updates on each program, as well as the status of their implementation.Each program sent representatives, namely, Elvira Anduya, Monitoring and Evaluation Unit Head of KALAHI-CIDSS XI, Raniel Ayungao, and Angelie Rodriguez-Darilay, Regional Program Coordinators of SLP XI and EPAHP XI.

The presser aimed to strengthen the partnership between the Department, PIA XI, and partners from the press, and collaborate to effectively relay accurate and timely information to the public.KALAHI-CIDSS is a DSWD program that empowers citizens of communities to realize (mostly) infrastructure projects using the Community-Driven Development (CDD) approach, while SLP is a capability-building program of the DSWD that aims to give economic opportunities to its clients through livelihood.

EPAHP, on the other hand, is a convergence program that aims to alleviate hunger and poverty in the country through community-driven development approaches in agro-enterprise and other livelihood and food security programs. ###

Publish Date: August 4, 2022