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May 13, 2025

DSWD’s MANCOM meets to discuss policies to improve agency’s service delivery

Members of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Management Committee (MANCOM) convene for their 8th regular meeting to discuss pending memorandum circulars and administrative orders that will help strengthen the implementation of the agency’s programs and services. Assistant Secretary Baldr Bringas of the agency’s Innovations and Program Development Group (IPDG), who is also the MANCOM chairperson, presided over the meeting at the DSWD Central Office in Quezon City on Tuesday (May 13). Among the policies discussed by the MANCOM were the proposed Memorandum Circular on the Implementation of LAWA (Local Adaptation to Water Access) and BINHI (Breaking Insufficiency […]
May 13, 2025

DSWD, OPAPRU turn over modified shelters for conflict-torn communities in Zamboanga Sibugay

Reaffirming the Philippine government’s commitment to build resilient and peaceful communities, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity (OPAPRU) continue to bring sustainable and high-impact development projects in conflict-vulnerable areas. The Php13.8 million housing project was funded by the OPAPRU and was officially turned over to the 50 family-beneficiaries in Barangay Batungan in the town of Tungawan in Zamboanga Sibugay last April 25. The initiative falls under the PAyapa at MAsaganang PamayaNAn–Modified Shelter Assistance Program (Pamana-MSAP) which provides structurally sound, eco-friendly shelter units for former members of […]
May 11, 2025

DSWD vows to sustain Marcos administration’s peace agenda

In line with the Marcos administration’s peace agenda, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continues to synergize its program and services with other agencies to address the socioeconomic vulnerabilities of conflict-affected communities. Among these is ensuring that former members of non-state armed groups (FMNSAGs) and their families are given holistic aid to enable them to improve their living conditions and sustain their role in the peace-building process, Undersecretary Alan Tanjusay of the DSWD’s Peace and Development Group (PDG) told the DSWD-Teleradyo partnership program, “Serbisyong DSWD for Every Juan” on Saturday (May 10). “Ang pinakapakay talaga ng DSWD sa […]
May 10, 2025

Real Life Stories – DSWD’s 4Ps helps family of 8 achieve breakthroughs in life

The Dacyon family of Barangay Upper Uma, Lubuagan was one of the poor households in Kalinga province that benefitted from the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s DSWD) Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). Rosabelle Dacyon, a former 4Ps monitored child and the youngest in the family, can still remember vividly that it was June 2, 2009 when their family became a program beneficiary. She was in Grade 3 at that time and her family was experiencing untold hardships. In an interview with the DSWD’s #Kwento ng Pag-asa at Pagbabago (#KPAP) team, Rosabelle narrated: “Ang buhay po namin nung wala pa […]
May 10, 2025

Drop in self-rated food, poverty stats reflects modest gains of whole-of-gov’t approach – DSWD spox

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reaffirmed on Saturday (May 10) the agency’s commitment to intensifying anti-hunger and anti-poverty efforts, attributing the recent drop in self-rated poverty and food poverty to the whole-of-government approach. The April 2025 OCTA survey showed a decline in self-rated poverty and food poverty among Filipino families. The April 10 to 16 nationwide survey showed 42 percent—or approximately 11.1 million families—now consider themselves poor, marking an eight-percentage-point drop from 50 percent, or around 13.2 million families, recorded in November 2024. In the same survey, the percentage of families who consider themselves food poor dropped […]
May 10, 2025

DSWD chief, Agence Française de Développement exec commit to stronger partnership in fighting involuntary hunger

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian meets with Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Social Protection Project Team Leader Thomas Gonnet on Friday (May 9) to explore ways of strengthening partnership to address involuntary hunger in the Philippines. The meeting, which was held at the DSWD Central Office in Quezon City, centered on anti-hunger initiatives, particularly the Walang Gutom Program (WGP), which aims to eliminate involuntary hunger before President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr steps out of office in 2028. Discussions also highlighted the importance of integrating digital systems into social welfare programs to enhance their implementation. By […]
May 9, 2025

DSWD highlights community-based program for persons with disabilities in ASEAN symposium

The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) highlighted the agency’s community-based interventions for persons with disabilities during an online workshop organized by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), in coordination with the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) last Tuesday (May 6). According to Director Bernadette Mapue-Joaquin, KALAHI-CIDSS National Program Manager, the DSWD continues to advocate disability inclusion and empowerment through the Kapangyarihan at Kaunlaran sa Barangay (KKB) – Cash for Work Program for Persons with Disabilities (CFWP-PWD) modality. “Persons with disabilities who belong to economically […]
May 9, 2025

DSWD chief condoles with bereaved family of 4-year-old NAIA 1 car crash victim

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian offered his condolences to the bereaved family of Malia, the 4-year-old kid who was one of the two fatalities in the tragic vehicular crash at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 last May 4. During his visit to the wake of Malia in Lipa City, Batangas on Friday (May 9), the DSWD chief was able to talk to the victim’s aunt who shared how she brought joy to their family. “Her [t]ita told me how Malia brought meaning to the lives of her family members by simply being […]
May 9, 2025

Over 800,000 4Ps members now tagged as self-sufficient – DSWD spox

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continues to celebrate the success of household-beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) who have achieved self-sufficiency level. “We are very happy to announce that, as of April 30, a total of 860,471 members of 4Ps have exited the program after achieving an improved level of well-being. These households were tagged as self-sufficient based on the Social Welfare and Development Indicators (SWDI), making them eligible to exit on or before the completion of the seven-year maximum stay in the program,” Asst. Secretary Irene Dumlao, the agency’s spokesperson, said on Friday (May […]
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