The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN-FAO) are collaborating to scale up efforts in institutionalizing the Anticipatory Action (AA) approach in the Philippines. In operationalizing the DSWD-FAO collaboration, more than a hundred specialists from a community of AA practitioners will gather for the 6th National continue reading : DSWD, UN-FAO to scale up efforts to institutionalize ‘Anticipatory Action’
Photo 1 (Left) DSWD Secretary and Philippines ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Leader Rex Gatchalian (right), Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo (middle), and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Alfredo Pascual (left) pose for a photo before the start of the plenary session of the 42nd ASEAN Summit in Bali, Indonesia. Photo continue reading : DSWD Secretary with members of the Philippine Delegation for the 42nd ASEAN Summit
Some 693 families who were victims of a fire incident in Cavite City received cash assistance under the Emergency Cash Transfer (ECT) program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through its Field Office (FO) CALABARZON . The FO – CALABARZON conducted a payout activity on Tuesday, May 9, at the Ladislao Diwa Elementary School, which is serving as an evacuation center. Each family-beneficiary continue reading : Fire victims in Cavite City get cash aid from DSWD
Photo 1 Fire victims in Cavite City wait for their turn to be processed for Emergency Cash Transfer (ECT) at the Ladislao Elementary School, which serves as an evacuation center, on Tuesday, May9. Photo 2 A social worker from DSWD Field Office CALABARZON interviews a fire victim before handing out the cash assistance through the continue reading : Cash payout for fire victims in Cavite City
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian, the Philippine ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Leader, led the country’s delegation to the 29th ASCC Meeting in Bali, under Indonesia’s ASEAN Chairmanship, on Monday, May 8. Secretary Gatchalian later delivered a country statement before the delegates and participants to the 29th ASCC Meeting. The ASCC continue reading : DSWD Secretary Gatchalian speaks before the 29th ASCC Meeting in Indonesia
A family-beneficiary of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) from Los Banos, Laguna, will soon exit from the program and the Fajardo family is not at all anxious of what the future brings, but still they welcome their graduation from 4Ps with open arms. Such is the ultimate goal of 4Ps – for family-beneficiaries to graduate from the program because they have already been equipped with the skills continue reading : 4Ps on the right track of breaking inter-generational poverty with family-beneficiaries welcome graduation from 4Ps
The governor of oil-spill affected province of Oriental Mindoro and the mayor of Calapan City defended the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) from unfair accusations of including stale rice and smelly canned tuna in the Family Food Packs (FFPs) being distributed to DSWD beneficiaries. In an interview over the weekend, Oriental Mindoro Gov. continue reading : Oriental Mindoro governor, Calapan City mayor defend DSWD on issues of stale rice, smelly canned tuna
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will submit samples of the questioned Ocean’s Best Tuna to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which will act as the third party that will determine whether the canned tuna is safe for the consumption of DSWD beneficiaries. This was one of the recommendations by the Fact-Finding continue reading : DSWD to submit samples of questioned canned tuna to FDA for testing
DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian (second from the left), Philippines’ ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Leader, hold hands, as a sign of unity, with other high-ranking officials from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member-states at the 29th ASCC Council Meeting in Bali, Indonesia on Monday, May 8.
Photo 1 (Left) DSWD Secretary and Philippines ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Leader Rex Gatchalian joins other ASCC council ministers at the welcome dinner hosted by the Republic of Indonesia on Sunday, May 7, at the Hotel Sofitel, Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia. Secretary Gatchalian is currently in Indonesia to participate in the 29th ASCC Council Meeting continue reading : Dinner for ASEAN delegates
