The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has reaffirmed its commitment to combating hunger through the Walang Gutom Program (WGP), formerly the agency’s Food Stamp Program, following the results of the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey which showed an increase in hunger incidence among Filipino families. “We recognize the growing challenge of food insecurity, and the latest survey reinforces the urgency of enhancing and further expanding the government’s WGP,” Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao, who is also the DSWD’s spokesperson, said on Sunday (March 30). The SWS survey conducted last March 15-20 showed that 27.2 percent of Filipino families […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) joined international partners in a multi-donor support mission in areas hardest hit by the series of typhoons in the Bicol Region last 2024. Asst. Secretary Irene Dumlao of the DSWD’s Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) and Regional Director Norman Laurio of the agency’s Field Office5~Bicol Region accompaned the dignitaries from the Embassies of Australia, Canada, Republic of Korea, and the United Kingdom, as well as officials of the UNICEF and World Food Programme (WFP) in their two-day mission, from March 26 to 27, in Albay province. “We are grateful to our international […]