The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) thanked the Provincial Government of Iloilo for supporting the institutionalization of the Community-Driven Development (CDD) Day through a provincial ordinance. Director Bernadette Mapue-Joaquin, the National Program Manager (NPM) of the agency’s Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS), said the Iloilo provincial government issued Provincial Ordinance No. 2025-336 or “An Ordinance Observing the Community-Driven Development (CDD) Day Every Year in the Province of Iloilo,” also known as “CDD Day” as part of its advocacy on the principles of CDD. “We thank Provincial Governor Arthur R. Defensor […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) new project for Maranao children will help provide “essential, culturally-sensitive, and rights-based protective programs and services” for orphaned, abandoned, and neglected children living in “torils.” This was emphasized by DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian during the ceremonial signing of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the local government unit (LGU) of Marawi City, led by Mayor Majul Gandamra, on Tuesday (June 3) for the implementation of the “Project Riayah.” According to the DSWD chief, Project Riayah aims to deliver a coordinated and comprehensive set of interventions aligned with the agency’s standard cost-of-care framework […]

“With the cash grants from Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), we purchased uniforms, school supplies, and other necessary items for school. Due to my ability to participate in different extracurricular activities, I was able to graduate on top of my class. I am extremely proud to be a product of 4Ps and now a licensed teacher.” These were the words of Jeanlyn Guinita Colipano of Carmen, Cebu, who secured Top 1 in the March 2025 Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET). A former monitored child under the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) 4Ps, Jeanlyn credited her academic success to […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian said on Friday (May 30) the agency will make sure that “Rose,” the woman who surfaced from a Makati sewer, is well-guided as she receives her livelihood aid and start her own sari-sari store. The DSWD chief also clarified that the Php80,000 livelihood aid pledged to Rose will not be given in a snap and will abide by the agency’s standard operating procedure in supporting all reached-out clients. “In all our case, it’s a gradual monitoring system, hand-holding yan. Ang gagawin ng aming social worker, una bibigyan siya ng paunang […]

As the nation wraps up the observance of the Ease of Doing Business (EODB) Month this May, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reaffirmed the agency’s commitment to a citizen-centered approach in delivering social protection programs and services. “Sa batas po natin, kadugtong sa EODB yung sinasabi na efficient government service delivery. Kaya kailangang chine-check natin kung talagang nagiging epektibo at mabilis ang serbisyo kaya nga ‘DSWD at your service’. Tagline ito para masigurado natin na citizen-centered ang ating mga serbisyo,” Director Wayne Belizar of the DSWD’s Management Service (MS) and Committee on Anti-Red Tape (CART) Secretariat said […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Field Office (FO) 7-Central Visayas continues to coordinate with the local government unit (LGU) of Lapu-Lapu City in Cebu for any assistance that the FO may extend to the families that were affected by two fire incidents in Barangays Canjulao and Basak on Friday (May 30). “The DSWD 7 maintains its close coordination with concerned offices in the city to gather further information about the two incidents,” Central Visayas Regional Director Shalaine Marie Lucero reported to Undersecretary Diana Rose Cajipe of the Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG). The regional director also reported […]

The new Social Weather Stations’ (SWS) study that showed a dip in the hunger level of beneficiaries of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Walang Gutom Program (WGP) is a ‘clear sign’ that the agency is effectively addressing the issue of hunger in the country, experts emphasized on Friday (May 30). “Makikita po natin na pagdating sa layunin ng programa na pababain ang kagutuman, matagumpay ang programa,” Professor Roehlano Briones, a senior researcher at the Philippine Institute of Development Studies (PIDS), said at a press conference co-organized by the DSWD, SWS, and Globe Telecom. Commissioned by the DSWD […]