DAVAO CITY, March 15 -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Davao Region (DSWD-11) has launched the Program SOLo (Strengthening Opportunities for Lone Parents) in Davao del Norte province, with Panabo City as the pilot area for Mindanao.

In a statement released Friday, DSWD-11 said the launch took place Thursday through a ceremonial signing of the memorandum of agreement between the city government of Panabo and the agency.

Pioneering the initiative in Mindanao, the village of New Visayas in Panabo City has taken the challenge of spearheading the Program SOLo, wherein 30 beneficiaries have been carefully selected based on the Listahanan 3 database.

To ensure the seamless execution of the program, key stakeholders, inclu...