CEBU CITY—The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 7 continues outreach operations across Metro Cebu to assist people living in street situations.
The activities are conducted under the agency’s Pag-abot Program, which aims to reach children, individuals, and families living on the streets.
Operations intensified following the establishment of the Pag-abot Processing Center, with support from local government partners.
These include Local Social Welfare and Development Offices and Anti-Mendicancy Offices in highly urbanized cities.
Regional director Shalaine Lucero said those reached by DSWD teams are profiled and, with their consent, brought to the processing center.
There, they receive care and interventions designed to prepare them for reintegration into their hometowns and communities.
