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May 4, 2025
May 4, 2025

DSWD offers free accreditation of pre-marriage counselors

Those familiar with the regulatory function of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) may be surprised to learn that the agency also accredits pre-marriage counselors (PM) who provide counseling services to engaged couples ages 18 to 25 years old. According to Division Chief (DC) Anna Maria Alexa Ledesma of the DSWD’s Standards Bureau (SB), pre-marriage counseling service is a professional way of guiding or assisting engaged couple as they decide to formalize their union through marriage. “Ito po yung ino-offer sa mga magpapakasal na 18 to 25 years old, required po ito per the Family Code of the […]
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May 3, 2025
May 3, 2025

Cash grants from DSWD’s AICS, AKAP programs range from Php1k to Php10k based on social workers’ assessment – PSB director

Cash grants being given under the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) and the Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) range from Php1,000 to Php10,000 depending on the assessment made by social workers of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Director Edwin Morata, assistant director of the DSWD’s Protective Services Bureau (PSB) and Officer-In-Charge (OIC) of the Crisis Intervention Unit (CIU) explained on Saturday (May 3) that the agency’s social workers are the ones making the assessment of individuals who would want to avail of cash assistance either under AICS or AKAP. “We just want […]
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May 3, 2025
May 3, 2025

Ex-4Ps monitored kid lands Top 2 spot in Electrical Eng’g Licensure exam

The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) has produced another board topnotcher in the licensure test for electrical engineering graduates. Mustafa Rescober Ali from Santa Cruz, Marinduque is a former monitored child of the 4Ps who landed the Top 2nd spot in the April 2025 Licensure Examination for Electrical Engineering. Mustafa graduated cum laude from the Rizal Technological University (RTU) with a course of BS Electrical Engineering. “The DSWD extends its felicitations to Engr. Mustafa, who is the latest addition to the growing list of former 4Ps monitored children board topnotchers. We are proud […]
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May 3, 2025
May 3, 2025

Mt. Bulusan evacuees return home; DSWD continues to monitor their situation – agency spox

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will continue to monitor the situation of the Mt. Bulusan evacuees who have returned to their homes to ensure they can start to lead normal lives after the eruption, an agency official said on Saturday (May 3). Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao of the DSWD’s Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) said the five evacuation centers have been shut down based on the agency’s May 3, 6:00 a.m. report. “The DSWD’s Field Office (FO) personnel in Bicol Region were among the camp coordinators who helped with the decampment of evacuees. Our agency’s response, however, […]
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May 3, 2025
May 3, 2025

Real Life Stories – Talim Island fisherfolk taught ‘how to fish’ through DSWD’s livelihood program

There is a popular thought in development work that states: “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” For the Talim Island fisherfolk community, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)’s Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) has taught them how to fish, figuratively and literally. Talim Island is situated in Laguna de Bay, the largest lake in the country, within the Rizal province border, and with barangays divided into the jurisdiction of two municipalities, Cardona and Binangonan. The Laguna de Bay is a rich […]
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May 3, 2025
May 3, 2025

DSWD supports use of NP-CP method in agency’s Supplementary Feeding Program

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continues to use the negotiated procurement-community participation (NP-CP) method in its Supplementary Feeding Program (SFP) as this will help link community-based organizations (CBOs) to prospective markets. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr, through 2024 Memorandum Circular No. 47, has urged the Inter-Agency Task Force on Zero Hunger (IATF-ZH), in coordination with relevant government agencies, to adopt the community participation procurement method to encourage CBOs to engage in the Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP) Program. “We express our full support in utilizing the NP-CP as the procurement method for the SFP and […]
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May 2, 2025
May 2, 2025

DSWD chief reminds regional directors to strictly enforce Comelec’s 10-day ban on AICS, AKAP

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Tuesday (May 2) reminded all the agency’s regional directors to strictly enforce the 10-day ban on the distribution of cash grants under the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) and the Ayuda Para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP). The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has prohibited the distribution of any forms of financial assistance, popularly known as “ayuda,” 10 days before the May 12 national and local elections or from May 2 to 12. Only medical and burial assistance under AICS are allowed by the Comelec during the […]
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May 1, 2025
May 1, 2025

DSWD’s Walang Gutom Program grantees from Bicol show off their cooking skills in culinary challenge

Beneficiaries of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Walang Gutom Program (WGP) showcased their creativity and resourcefulness during a regional cooking challenge, dubbed ‘Kusinero Cook-Off Challenge,’ held at the Socorro’s The Venue in Camalig, Albay on Wednesday (April 30). In a message of DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian, delivered by Undersecretary Edu Punay of the agency’s Innovations and Program Development Group (IPDG), the DSWD chief said the Kusinero Cook-Off Challenge is an initiative to highlight the importance of preparing nutritious and budget-friendly meals using food items available through the WGP redemption activities. “Ngayon ay nandito tayo sa Bicol Region […]
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May 1, 2025
May 1, 2025

PH to see more synergized anti-stunting efforts with DSWD-DOH joint info system

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Department of Health (DOH) have officially launched the joint digital information system — a total leap from an old, manual process to a digitalized approach. The Philippine Multi-sectoral Nutrition Program (PMNP) – Information System (IS) is designed to revolutionize the monitoring and delivery of essential government services to nutrition-vulnerable sectors, particularly during the critical period of a child’s first 1,000 days of life. “This information system is an essential step toward accomplishing our common goal of addressing the complex and multi-dimensional challenges of malnutrition and stunting,” DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian […]
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