The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) started its simultaneous payout activities for its Cash-for-Work (CFW) program for the oil-spill affected residents in the municipalities of Mansalay, Pola and Bulalacao in Oriental Mindoro on Thursday, May 11. Payout activities in the municipalities of Gloria, Roxas, Bangabong, Bansud, Pinamalayan, Naujan, Baco, San Teodoro, Socorro, and continue reading : DSWD conducts cash-for-work payouts to oil-spill affected residents in Oriental Mindoro
DSWD conducts cash-for-work payouts in Oriental Mindoro
Beneficiaries of the DSWD’s Cash-for-Work program in the Municipalities of Mansalay (left), Pola (right) and Bulalacao in Oriental Mindoro receive cash aid in exchange for the work rendered, during the simultaneous payout activities on Thursday, May 11. Payout activities in other municipalities are scheduled next week, from May 15 to 19. Around 25,000 oil spill-affected continue reading : DSWD conducts cash-for-work payouts in Oriental Mindoro
More than P430-M in aid extended to Mindoro oil spill victims
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continues to extend assistance to families affected by the oil spill caused by the sunken motor tanker (MT) Princess Empress in Oriental Mindoro last February. Based on the latest report of the DSWD Disaster Response Management Bureau (DRMB), the Department has already provided more than Php430 million continue reading : More than P430-M in aid extended to Mindoro oil spill victims
DSWD Secretary Gatchalian with PH delegates to the 42nd ASEAN Summit
Photo 1 (Left) DSWD Secretary and Philippines ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Leader Rex Gatchalian (left) joins former President and incumbent Senior Deputy House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (middle) and House Speaker Martin Romualdez (right) for a photo session with Philippine Youth Representatives Tiffany Templonuevo and Jericho Emphasis during the 42nd ASEAN Summit in Bali, Indonesia, on continue reading : DSWD Secretary Gatchalian with PH delegates to the 42nd ASEAN Summit
DSWD joins inter-agency pre-SONA caravan; extends social services to Las Piñas residents
Less than three months before President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s second State of the Nation Address (SONA) the Presidential Communications Office (PCO), through the Philippine Information Agency (PIA), kicked off the ‘Nagkaka1sang Bumabangon: The 2023 Pre-SONA Caravan’ at the Las Piñas East National High School in Las Piñas City on Wednesday, May 10. The Department continue reading : DSWD joins inter-agency pre-SONA caravan; extends social services to Las Piñas residents
DSWD joins inter-agency Pre-SONA Caravan
(Photo 1) DSWD Spokesperson and Assistant Secretary for Special Projects Romel Lopez (in white polo barong) and Philippine Information Agency Director General Ramon Cualoping III (in grey vest) lead the ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of Nagkaka1sang Bumabangon: The Pre-SONA Caravan held at the Verdant Covered Court, Pamplona 3, in Las Piñas City on continue reading : DSWD joins inter-agency Pre-SONA Caravan
DSWD, UN-FAO to scale up efforts to institutionalize ‘Anticipatory Action’
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN-FAO) are collaborating to scale up efforts in institutionalizing the Anticipatory Action (AA) approach in the Philippines. In operationalizing the DSWD-FAO collaboration, more than a hundred specialists from a community of AA practitioners will gather for the 6th National continue reading : DSWD, UN-FAO to scale up efforts to institutionalize ‘Anticipatory Action’
DSWD Secretary with members of the Philippine Delegation for the 42nd ASEAN Summit
Photo 1 (Left) DSWD Secretary and Philippines ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Leader Rex Gatchalian (right), Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo (middle), and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Alfredo Pascual (left) pose for a photo before the start of the plenary session of the 42nd ASEAN Summit in Bali, Indonesia. Photo continue reading : DSWD Secretary with members of the Philippine Delegation for the 42nd ASEAN Summit
Fire victims in Cavite City get cash aid from DSWD
Some 693 families who were victims of a fire incident in Cavite City received cash assistance under the Emergency Cash Transfer (ECT) program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through its Field Office (FO) CALABARZON . The FO – CALABARZON conducted a payout activity on Tuesday, May 9, at the Ladislao Diwa Elementary School, which is serving as an evacuation center. Each family-beneficiary continue reading : Fire victims in Cavite City get cash aid from DSWD
Cash payout for fire victims in Cavite City
Photo 1 Fire victims in Cavite City wait for their turn to be processed for Emergency Cash Transfer (ECT) at the Ladislao Elementary School, which serves as an evacuation center, on Tuesday, May9. Photo 2 A social worker from DSWD Field Office CALABARZON interviews a fire victim before handing out the cash assistance through the continue reading : Cash payout for fire victims in Cavite City