The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office XI inks memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Philippine Mental Health Association Inc. (PHMAI) through its local chapter at the DSWD Regional Office on Friday afternoon, June 2.

Said partnership aims to ensure that mental health services are always available and accessible to agency personnel by virtue of the enactment of Republic Act No. 11036 also known as the Philippine Mental Health Act.

Present during the MOA signing were DSWD XI Regional Director Atty. Vanessa B. Goc-ong, Chief of the Promotive Services Division Elizabeth T. Degorio, OIC-Chief of the Human Resource Management and Development Division Laurencia P. Mondreza, and some members of the DSWD XI workforce.

With them were Chairperson Dominador A. Lopez, Executive Director Choefilo S. Limikid, and some members of the PHMAI Davao Chapter. ###