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May 30, 2025
May 30, 2025

DSWD’s Walang Gutom Program reduces hunger, says SWS report

The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Walang Gutom Program (WGP) is on the right track with its goal of reducing hunger among program beneficiaries as indicated by the results of the nationwide impact evaluation study conducted by the Social Weather Stations (SWS). “We are pleased to note this favorable result of the nationwide impact evaluation conducted by the SWS. This indicates that the impact of the WGP is indeed felt on the ground by no less than our beneficiaries. With this positive development, we will continue to develop ways to make the program more responsive to the needs […]
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May 30, 2025
May 30, 2025

4Ps members in remote villages reap benefits of digital technology – DSWD exec

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continues to bring technology closer to the beneficiaries of the agency’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), particularly in Geographically Isolated Areas (GIDA), through its ‘e-Panalo ang Kinabukasan’ initiative. Undersecretary Vilma Cabrera of the DSWD’s Conditional Cash Transfer Group (CCTG) explained to reporters during the agency’s Thursday Media Forum on May 29 that the “e-Panalo ang Kinabukasan”is a financial digital initiative of the 4Ps that aims to educate, inform, and encourage beneficiaries to utilize digital applications for managing their finances, especially for the beneficiaries living in remote areas. “ Ang e-Panalo ang Kinabukasan […]
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May 30, 2025
May 30, 2025

Woman from Makati sewer to get Php80K from DSWD to start ‘sari-sari’ store

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Thursday (May 29) met with Rose, the woman who surfaced from a sewerage in Makati City, to check on her condition after the incident went viral and to let her know that the government is ready to assist her. During the meeting held at the DSWD’s Pag-abot Center in Pasay City, Secretary Gatchalian said Rose will be given Php 80,000 in livelihood assistance to help her start a ‘sari-sari’ store which is her preferred entrepreneurial project. “Ang magiging intervention natin kay Rose, pangarap daw niya kasing magkaroon ng tindahan […]
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May 30, 2025
May 30, 2025

DSWD chief cites 381 4Ps ‘graduates’ from Palawan

A total of 381 household-beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) from the Province of Palawan have officially graduated from the program after reaching the self-sufficiency level. The milestone was given recognition during a graduation rites dubbed as “Pugay Tagumpay” on May 29 at the Bataraza Town Center in Palawan led by Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian who lauded the graduates for their perseverance and commitment to uplifting their families’ lives. “Alam natin ay may hangganan ang pagiging miyembro ng programa pero hindi yon rason para ikalungkot kundi dapat ay nagsasaya tayo ngayon kasi […]
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May 29, 2025
May 29, 2025

DSWD’s soon-to-be-launched system for requesting relief support to expedite aid delivery

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is set to launch a new digital initiative that features a real-time database for local government units’ (LGUs) requests for resource augmentation in times of disasters, an agency official said on Thursday (May 29). Director Maria Isabel Lanada of the Disaster Response Management Bureau (DRMB) said the project will be addressing delays and inconveniences tied with the manual process employed by LGUs in requesting resource augmentation. “Isa po sa mga challenges natin tuwing may disaster is yung uploading ng request ng mga LGUs for augmentation at yung record ng affected families dahil […]
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May 29, 2025
May 29, 2025

DSWD execs brief media on 4Ps digital financial literacy, disaster response

Discussions on the Thursday (May 29) Media Forum centered on the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) thrusts to ensure that Filipinos are capacitated as they face both changes and challenges brought about by the digital era and pressing issues of climate change and natural calamities. Undersecretary Vilma Cabrera of the Conditional Cash Transfer Group (CCTG) briefed reporters on the “e-Panalo para sa Kinabukasan” which champions the DSWD’s goal to instill the values of financial empowerment among members of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) amid the fast-evolving digital economic landscape. For her part, Director Maria Isabel Lanada of […]
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May 29, 2025
May 29, 2025

DSWD upskills 256 Palawan 4Ps members on digital literacy with Globe-donated smart phones

In an effort to empower poor households through digital inclusion and financial literacy, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) distributed mobile phones donated by Globe Telecom to 256 beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in the municipalities of Bataraza and Brooke’s Point, Palawan. The mobile phone donation complemented the “e-Panalo ang Kinabukasan” digital financial literacy sessions conducted on May 27 to 28 in the island province which forms part of MIMAROPA Region. DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian personally oversaw the handover of mobile phones, led by Globe Telecom Senior Director and Head of Analytics, Intelligence and Stakeholder […]
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May 29, 2025
May 29, 2025

DSWD chief leads twin-events for 4Ps members in Palawan

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian flies to Palawan on Thursday (May 29) to lead two significant milestone events for the beneficiaries of the agency’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in the island province. The DSWD chief supervised the phone distribution to 4Ps beneficiaries, including Indigenous Peoples, from the towns of Bataraza and Brooke’s Point, as part of the agency’s ‘e-Panalo ang Kinabukasan’ initiative which promotes digital financial literacy among program members. Following the phone distribution, Secretary Gatchalian, on behalf of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr, greeted the graduating 4Ps members from the two municipalities during […]
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May 29, 2025
May 29, 2025

Humanitarian aid to flood, rain-hit families in Mindanao soars to Php 32 million — DSWD chief

Over Php 32 million in relief aid has been extended by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to local government units (LGUs) that were affected by the widespread rains and floodings in Mindanao and some parts of the Visayas, DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian said on Thursday (May 29). “The cost of assistance immediately soared this high as the agency moved round-the-clock to provide immediate aid to disaster-stricken communities in line with the directive of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr for the families to have peace of mind amid the disaster,” Secretary Gatchalian said. Since May 15, the effects […]
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