DSWD thanks Chairman Michael G. Aguinaldo of the Commission on Audit for granting our request due to the prevailing COVID19 pandemic to extend the relaxing of the rules as embodied in COA Circular No. 2016-002, dated May 21, 2016 which requires a “Certification by the Accountant that the funds previously transferred to the Implementing Agency continue reading : DSWD Press Statement on COA
The threat of COVID-19 has not diminished the commitment of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to address the online sexual abuse and exploitation of children. Even during the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), the Department, together with partner agencies, continuously conducts dialogues and rescues to ensure the safety of Filipino children online and continue reading : DSWD intensifies efforts to address online exploitation of children amid COVID-19 threat
When the government declared a state of national emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) was given a critical task: to implement the emergency cash subsidy under the Social Amelioration Program (SAP), in coordination with Local Government Units (LGUs) and other national government agencies, to assist low-income families continue reading : Artist pays tribute to DSWD frontliners through art
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) welcomes the announcement of Secretary Harry Roque yesterday, 25 May 2020, stating that the government may start distributing the 2nd tranche of subsidy under the different social amelioration programs (SAP) of the national government, namely: 1) Rice Farmers Financing Assistance (RFFA) under the Department of Agriculture; 2) continue reading : DSWD Statement on the 2nd tranche of SAP
When Robilyn Coralde, 29, a resident of a small purok in Barangay Carpenito in the town of Tagbina in Surigao del Sur, received her emergency cash subsidy under the government’s Social Amelioration Program (SAP), she was told by her fellow beneficiaries to save a portion of the grant to prepare for the extension of the continue reading : DSWD MCCT beneficiary shares SAP grant to needy
Beneficiaries of the emergency cash subsidy under the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) being implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) have expressed their gratitude to the government and frontline workers for delivering the aid to them during the implementation of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Marites Ambrea, continue reading : SAP beneficiaries thankful for cash subsidy
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) clarified the distribution process of the emergency subsidy under the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) for drivers of Transportation Network Vehicle Services (TNVS), Motorcycle Taxis (MC), and Public Utility Vehicles (PUVs). The Department, in coordination with the Department of Transportation (DOTr)-Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board (LTFRB), is continuously continue reading : DSWD clarifies SAP distribution process for driver-beneficiaries
To speed up the process of collecting beneficiaries’ data and releasing the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) subsidies to qualified beneficiaries in the National Capital Region (NCR), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) launched the ReliefAgad mobile application on Thursday, May 14, 2020. Developed by the Developers Connect Philippines Community of Technology Partners (DEVCON-DCTx), continue reading : DSWD launches ReliefAgad app to speed up SAP processes
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has provided augmentation assistance to regions affected by Typhoon Ambo. In Bicol Region, DSWD Field Office (FO) V provided 521 Family Food Packs (FFPs) to the local government of Sorsogon City and 912 FFPs to the local government of Casiguran, Sorsogon amounting to P673,510. Likewise, in Eastern continue reading : DSWD provides relief augmentation to areas battered by ‘Ambo’
The National Committee on the Filipino Family (NCFF), through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), enjoins all families from all sectors nationwide to observe the International Day of Families (IDF) on May 15, 2020. The International Day of Families is an annual observance every 15th of May as proclaimed by the United Nations continue reading : DSWD, NCFF enjoin public to observe International Day of Families amid the quarantine
