Some 100 families from Sirawai, Zamboanga del Norte and Tungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay received their new housing units as part of the government’s national peace agenda investments among conflict-affected and vulnerable communities in far-flung areas to spur growth and development in hard-to reach areas in the country. “These housing units are the government’s peace investment designed continue reading : DSWD, OPAPRU turn over PAMANA housing units to families in 2 Zambo Peninsula towns
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian signs on Friday (April 19) a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Samar Provincial Governor Sharee Ann Tan; Samar State University (SSU) President Dr. Redentor S. Palencia; and Northwest Samar State University (NSSU) President Dr. Benjamin L. Pecayo, represented by its university Vice President for Academic continue reading : DSWD chief signs agreement for Tara, Basa! Program in Samar province
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian led the roll out of the Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program, the agency’s reformatted educational assistance, in the province of Samar on Friday (April 19). “We believe that, number one, we have to end illiteracy. Dapat walang kabataang Pilipino ang hindi marunong magbasa ,” Secretary Gatchalian continue reading : DSWD chief leads Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program launch in Samar province
Some 25 children in conflict with the law (CICL) who are residing at the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Regional Rehabilitation for Children and Youth (RRCY) in Cagayan Valley have received their training certificates from the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)-Region 2 in a graduation ceremony on Thursday (April 18). Through continue reading : 25 children in conflict with the law in Region 2 get new lease on life at DSWD center
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Undersecretary Monina Josefina Romualdez joins executives of other government agencies and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) at the launching of the 2024 State of World Population Report by the UN sexual and reproductive agency at the University of the Philippines (UP) on Wednesday (April 17). In her continue reading : DSWD exec joins launch of 2024 State of World Population Report
As part of its ongoing efforts to improve the agency’s peace and development initiatives, a team from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) conducted the fourth leg of its benchmarking study and field research in the municipalities of Juban, Bulan, and Casiguran in the province of Sorsogon on April 16 to 17. “The continue reading : DSWD holds 4th leg field study on Sorsogon ex-rebels for peace, dev’t initiatives
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Undersecretary for International Affairs, and Attached and Supervised Agencies (ASA) Emmeline Villar presides on the second day of the 1st Joint Chairperson’s Meeting of the agency’s three attached agencies — the Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC), Juvenile Justice and Welfare Council (JJWC), and National Council on continue reading : DSWD convenes attached agencies for 1st Joint Chairperson’s meeting
Outgoing Commission on Audit (COA) personnel led by Supervising Auditor Alma Baculi and Audit Team Leaders Frederick Manalo and Alyssa Kirstin Zuniga pay their final call with Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian. Secretary Gatchalian, at the same time, welcomes the new COA audit team leader Mary Grace Calamba during her continue reading : DSWD chief welcomes new COA audit team leader
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Academy, in partnership with the National Program Management Office of the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS), is conducting a Community-Driven Development (CDD) Training to reinforce the participatory planning process of select local government units (LGUs) nationwide. “The role of CDD in continue reading : DSWD Academy, KALAHI-CIDSS train LGUs in participatory planning process
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through its Policy Development and Planning Bureau (PDPB), engages with representatives of select local government units (LGUs) in the National Capital Region and members of the academe to generate collective ideas and concepts in delivering more effective and efficient social protection services to the public. During the continue reading : DSWD holds policy dialogue with LGUs, academe
