More than offering immediate assistance, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) strives to empower individuals toward sustainability and stability through its menu of programs and services. The journey of Maricris Novelas, a mother of eight children from Tondo, Manila, has shown the importance of a comprehensive social protection in providing a long-term impact continue reading : Single mom of 8 kids finds lifeline in DSWD’s convergence of services
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary REX Gatchalian, together with Statutory Programs (STP) Director Rowela F. Hizon, accepts the modules from Philippine Women’s University (PWU) Resource Person Dr. Emerson Aliswag, DNS PhD developed for the improvement of the agency’s employees’ mental health and well-being at the DSWD Central Office, Batasan, Quezon City on continue reading : DSWD chief accepts modules on enhancing agency employees’ mental health
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Undersecretary for Operations Monina Josefina Romualdez expressed the agency’s support to the national campaign of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) against illegal drugs during the convening of Sa Bagong Pilipinas, BIDA Tayong Lahat: A National Capital Region Stakeholders’ Interfacing and Commitment Building haled last continue reading : DSWD supports DILG campaign vs illegal drugs
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Philippine Country Representative Oyunsaikhan Dendevnorov on Thursday (April 11) at the DSWD Central Office, Quezon City to strengthen the government’s provision of shock responsive social protection measures during emergencies and disaster. Secretary Gatchalian continue reading : DSWD, UNICEF embark on innovative, lifesaving efforts in times of disaster
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Philippine Country Representative Oyunsaikhan Dendevnorov sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Thursday (April 11) at the DSWD Central Office, Quezon City for the implementation of a Standby Agreement on Emergency Cash Transfer (ECT). The partnership between the two continue reading : DSWD, UNICEF sign MOU for responsive social protection system during disasters
The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Field Office-5 (Bicol Region) has established child- and women-friendly spaces to ensure the safety and welfare of women and children displaced by the April 10 armed conflict in Barangays Villa Paz and San Vincente in the town of Jovellar, Albay, an agency official said on Thursday (April continue reading : DSWD protects women, kids displaced by armed conflict in Albay town
Some 25,904 household-beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) nationwide have graduated from the program in the first quarter of the year after achieving self-sufficiency status, an official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said on Thursday (April 11). “The 4Ps Pugay-Tagumpay graduation and exit ceremony is a celebration of the continue reading : Over 25k 4Ps households exit program in 1st quarter of 2024
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), in partnership with the Philippine Air Force (PAF), completes its commitment to deliver 7,000 family food packs (FFPs) intended for prepositioning in the province of Batanes as part of the agency’s disaster preparedness efforts. The last batch of delivery of 1,000 FFPs arrived at the Batanes airport continue reading : DSWD completes delivery of 7K food packs to Batanes
Personnel of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), together with volunteers from the Bureau of Fire Protection, load family food packs (FFPs) in a Philippine Air Force (PAF) C-130 aircraft at the Laoag City Airport in Ilocos Norte on Wednesday (April 10). The DSWD, in partnership with PAF, aims to complete the delivery continue reading : DSWD, PAF to complete airlift of 7K food packs to Batanes
Recognizing the urgency of addressing the impact of the intensifying El Niño phenomenon, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is ramping up its efforts to implement Project LAWA at BINHI (Local Adaptation to Water Access and Breaking Insufficiency through Nutritious Harvest for the Impoverished) nationwide this 2024. “The DSWD aims to roll out continue reading : DSWD gears for nationwide implementation of Project LAWA at BINHI amid El Niño
