“Sa family development session (FDS), pinapalalim natin yung pag-unawa [ng mga benepisyaryo] sa mga programa at serbisyo na binibigay ng pamahalaan.” This was emphasized by Division Chief (DC) Marie Grace Ponce of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program’s (4Ps) Social Marketing Division (SMD) as she explained how the FDS serves as a behavioral change component of the 4Ps during an episode of the DSWD’s online program, ‘4Ps Fastbreak,’ on Wednesday (April 30). DC Ponce cited topics in FDS sessions that promote positive values among the conditional cash transfer program beneficiaries such as parenting effectiveness session, active citizenship, and needs-based topics such […]

Championing the agency’s latest innovation, ‘e-Panalo ang Kinabukasan,’ the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) held a two-day digital financial literacy session to the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries in Romblon province. Complementing the training sessions held last April 23 to 24 was the distribution of smart phones donated by the Globe Telecom to 50 program beneficiaries, 17 of whom are members of an Indigenous People’s (IP) group, from the municipalities of Romblon, San Fernando, and Cajidiocan. “Ang teknolohiya ay bahagi ng development. Sinimulan natin itong training on digital financial literacy bilang dagdag kaalaman sa ating mga 4Ps […]

The Quick Response Teams (QRTs) and ground personnel of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) are still on high alert after Mt. Bulusan erupted anew last Tuesday evening (April 29). Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao of the DSWD’s Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) said Secretary Rex Gatchalian has instructed the agency’s Field Office 5–Bicol Region to work double time amid the consecutive volcanic activities. “The DSWD Bicol Region’s logistics and relief supplies have already been prepositioned in areas affected by the last eruption,” Asst. Secretary Dumlao, who is also the agency spokesperson, said on Wednesday (April 30). On orders […]