Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) spokesperson Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao responds to questions from the media on the agency’s poverty alleviation and anti-hunger initiatives during the Press Briefing held at Malacañang on Monday (April 14). While recognizing the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey results on hunger and poverty, Asst. Secretary Dumlao asserts that the Government is on track in achieving its goal of having a single digit poverty incidence by 2028. The DSWD spokesperson said the Agency continues to intensify its programs like the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) and Walang Gutom Program (WGP) that both contribute […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Psychological First Aid (PFA) providers meet with the members of the Philippine Rapid Response Deployment Team (PRRDT) on Saturday night (April 12) to discuss updates on the conduct of the first day of the ‘Kamustahan’ or psychosocial counseling sessions with individuals affected by the 7.7 magnitude quake that hit Myanmar on March 28. On the first day of the ‘Kamustahan’, the PFA team provided 27 survivors with psychosocial intervention with three individuals having separate sessions with the psychologist for more intensive counseling. Representatives from the Department of Health (DOH), Department of Foreign […]

The Psychological First Aid (PFA) providers from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) have arrived in Yangon, Myanmar on Friday (April 11) to provide psychosocial counseling for the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), mostly teachers, who were affected by the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that hit this Southeast Asian country. Upon arrival, the PFA providers, together with officials from the Philippine Embassy in Myanmar and the family members of the two Filipino fatalities, received the ashes of the victims. The PFA providers, composed of a psychologist and social workers, will conduct orientation and planning activities this Saturday (April 12) for […]