The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) welcomed on Tuesday (April 23) the latest survey result of Tugon ng Masa (TNM) which showed a decline in self-rated poverty and self-rated hunger in the first quarter of 2024. Asst. Secretary for Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) Irene Dumlao said the latest result of Tugon ng continue reading : DSWD vows to strengthen social protection programs, services amid improving hunger, poverty ratings
As part of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) commitment to intensify efforts along the drug-demand reduction campaign of the national government, the DSWD Field Office MIMAROPA led the training on the operationalization of Special Drug Education Center (SDEC) among local social welfare and development officers (LSWDOs) in Palawan province on April 16-19. continue reading : DSWD intensifies drug abuse prevention efforts
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has released the guidelines for the national implementation of the Psychosocial Support and Other Interventions for Adolescent Mothers and their Families Project or ProtecTEEN, an agency official said on Monday (April 22). “This project is the Department’s response to Executive Order 141, series of 2021, adopting as continue reading : DSWD releases guidelines on program for teenage moms
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Undersecretary for Inclusive-Sustainable Peace and Special Concern (ISP-SC) Alan Tanjusay, together with Zamboanga del Sur Governor Victor Yu, leads the distribution of cash aid to former rebels and educational assistance to students in Pagadian City on Sunday (April 21). Through the DSWD’s Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation continue reading : DSWD extends cash aid to ex-rebels, students in Zambo del Sur
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian visits on Friday (April 19) the Reception and Study Center for Children (RSCC), Home for Girls (HGF), and Regional Haven for Women (RHW) managed by the agency’s Field Office-8 (Eastern Visayas). The three care centers provide various social work interventions to marginalized children and women continue reading : DSWD chief visits agency facilities in Eastern Visayas, meets regional staff
Some 100 families from Sirawai, Zamboanga del Norte and Tungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay received their new housing units as part of the government’s national peace agenda investments among conflict-affected and vulnerable communities in far-flung areas to spur growth and development in hard-to reach areas in the country. “These housing units are the government’s peace investment designed continue reading : DSWD, OPAPRU turn over PAMANA housing units to families in 2 Zambo Peninsula towns
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian signs on Friday (April 19) a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Samar Provincial Governor Sharee Ann Tan; Samar State University (SSU) President Dr. Redentor S. Palencia; and Northwest Samar State University (NSSU) President Dr. Benjamin L. Pecayo, represented by its university Vice President for Academic continue reading : DSWD chief signs agreement for Tara, Basa! Program in Samar province
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian led the roll out of the Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program, the agency’s reformatted educational assistance, in the province of Samar on Friday (April 19). “We believe that, number one, we have to end illiteracy. Dapat walang kabataang Pilipino ang hindi marunong magbasa ,” Secretary Gatchalian continue reading : DSWD chief leads Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program launch in Samar province
Some 25 children in conflict with the law (CICL) who are residing at the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Regional Rehabilitation for Children and Youth (RRCY) in Cagayan Valley have received their training certificates from the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)-Region 2 in a graduation ceremony on Thursday (April 18). Through continue reading : 25 children in conflict with the law in Region 2 get new lease on life at DSWD center
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Undersecretary Monina Josefina Romualdez joins executives of other government agencies and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) at the launching of the 2024 State of World Population Report by the UN sexual and reproductive agency at the University of the Philippines (UP) on Wednesday (April 17). In her continue reading : DSWD exec joins launch of 2024 State of World Population Report
