More than 1.2 million individuals affected by the imposition of Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) in Visayas and Mindanao have received their special cash aid under the Special Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). As of August 11, the distribution of special AICS in Iloilo Province, continue reading : Over 1.2M ECQ-affected residents in VisMin receive special AICS
Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rolando Joselito Bautista (in red DSWD vest), along with the representatives of the Department of the Interior and Local Government and Department of National Defense, oversees the first day of distribution of financial assistance in the National Capital Region on August 11 to ensure the orderly conduct of continue reading : DILG, DSWD, DND supervise cash aid distribution in NCR
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continues to capacitate localities amid the COVID-19 pandemic through the implementation of the Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) Kapangyarihan at Kaunlaran sa Barangay (KKB) sub-projects. On July 14, a groundbreaking event was conducted to commence the construction of a P7.5 continue reading : DSWD holds groundbreaking of isolation facility for COVID-19 patients in Cebu
An employee of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Central Office receives his second dose of Sinovac vaccine at the East Avenue Medical Center. The DSWD has facilitated the second dose vaccination of 655 employees on August 2 and 4 at the East Avenue Medical Center in continuation of the Department’s efforts to continue reading : DSWD Central Office employees receive second dose of anti-COVID vaccine
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista led the blessing of the Department’s new service bus units for the use of Central Office personnel to lessen their transportation woes because of the COVID-19 health crisis. This is part of the DSWD’s efforts to ensure the welfare of employees who are required to continue reading : DSWD holds blessing of new service bus units
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), led by Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista, distributed emergency shelter assistance (ESA) worth P8.25 million to 825 beneficiaries of previous typhoons in Bacnotan, La Union on August 2, 2021. The DSWD explained that while the household assessment for the provision of ESA was among the programs affected continue reading : DSWD distributes emergency shelter assistance to families hit by previous typhoons in La Union
(From left to right) Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Ano, Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rolando Joselito Bautista, and Department of National Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana present the signed guidelines for the implementation of financial assistance in the National Capital Region which is under Enhanced Community Quarantine from August continue reading : Guidelines for ‘ayuda’ in NCR signed
Local government units (LGUs) under Enhanced Community Quarantine in Region VI have already started the distribution of special cash aid under the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) after the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through its Field Office VI, has downloaded the funds to them. DSWD FO VI released more than continue reading : ECQ-hit families, individuals in VisMin receive Special AICS
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rolando Joselito Bautista continues to monitor the ongoing disaster response efforts of DSWD-Field Office CALABARZON in Batangas as the Taal Volcano remains unstable. Secretary Bautista, along with DSWD Field Office IV-A Regional Director Marcelo Nicomedes Castillo, visited the Ticub Evacuation Center in Laurel, Batangas on July 16 continue reading : Secretary Bautista checks on Taal evacuees, inspects site for DSWD warehouse
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through the Inter-Agency Council Against Child Pornography (IACACP), and the United Nations Chldren’s Fund (UNICEF) Philippines will launch two studies to enhance public awareness against online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC) on July 30. The studies entitled, “National Study on Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation continue reading : DSWD, partners launch national study on online child abuse and child online survey
