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April 4, 2025

DSWD execs tackle new projects for donations, community resiliency

Senior officials of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) discuss the agency’s new projects, the Kaagapay Donations Portal and the Panahon ng Pagkilos, at the Thursday Media Forum on April 3 at the DSWD Central Office’s New Press Center in Quezon City. Assistant Secretary Maria Paz Rafael of the Partnerships Building and Resource Mobilization Office (PBRMO) provided updates on the agency’s digital platform that allows individuals or organizations to send donations to social welfare and development agencies (SWADAs), DSWD-managed centers and residential care facilities, as well as to the Department’s relief efforts. Director Bernadette Mapue-Joaquin of the Kapit-Bisig […]
April 4, 2025

DSWD’s community resilience project builds on gains of agency’s KALAHI-CIDSS

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) highlighted the accomplishments of the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) in its over two decades of implementation during the DSWD Thursday Media Forum on April 3 at the agency’s New Press Center in Quezon City. “Ang Panahon ng Pagkilos ay naka-anchor doon sa success ng Kalahi-CIDSS at ang Kalahi-CIDSS po, 22 years na po kami, isa sa mga pinakamahabang programa ng DSWD,” Director Bernadette Mapue-Joaquin, KALAHI-CIDSS National Program Manager (NPM), told reporters during the weekly media forum. The KALAHI-CIDSS NPM shared that the community-driven […]
April 4, 2025

DSWD ramps up anti-hunger initiatives; aligns efforts with other government agencies

Strengthening the ties between government-led hunger-alleviation initiatives and private sector efforts is one of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) strategic approaches to help address hunger and malnutrition in the country, a senior agency official said on Thursday (April 3). DSWD spokesperson Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao told Malacanang reporters in a press briefing led by the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) that the DSWD continues to ramp up anti-hunger efforts amid recent survey results showing an increase in hunger incidence among Filipino families. “Alinsunod po sa vision ng ating Pangulong Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. na dapat wala pong Pilipino […]
April 4, 2025

Over 4 million households in 500 municipalities to benefit from DSWD’s ‘Panahon ng Pagkilos’ project

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is set to launch a new program after the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board, chaired by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., approved the Panahon ng Pagkilos: Philippine Community Resilience Project (PCRP) with a Php56.706 billion budget. Director Bernadette Mapue-Joaquin of the DSWD’s Kapit-Bisig Laban Sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services National Program Management Office (KALAHI-CIDSS-NPMO) said the Panahon ng Pagkilos project targets to serve 4.13 million households across the country. “We will be covering 500 municipalities based on key criteria at maco-cover po natin ang 4 million household […]
April 3, 2025

DSWD receives Php1.4 million from donors via Kaagapay Donations Portal

One month after the launching of the Kaagapay Donations Portal, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has already received Php1.4 million from donors for the agency’s disaster response operations and clients of DSWD-managed centers and residential care facilities (CRCFs). “In a few weeks’ time, may donations na tayong na-receive para sa DSWD at para na rin po sa ating mga foundations, non-government organizations (NGO), at mga non-profit corporations na naka-publish sa ating Kaagapay Donations Portal,” Assistant Secretary Maria Paz Rafael of the Partnerships Building and Resource Mobilization (PBRMO) told reporters at the DSWD Thursday Media Forum on April […]
April 3, 2025

DSWD cites value of enhanced disaster response plan in building calamity-resilient PH

Revisiting and enhancing the Philippine government’s disaster response plan ensures the country’s response system is capable of addressing multiple types of calamities and weather conditions which are exacerbated by climate change. This was emphasized by Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian before member-agencies of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) during the launching of the National Disaster Response Plan (NRDP) 2024 on Wednesday (April 3) at the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) in Quezon City. The NDRP 2024 marks the third version of the Philippines’ multi-hazard response and early recovery framework that focuses […]
April 3, 2025

DSWD chief, NDRRMC member-agencies launch National Disaster Response Plan 2024

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian joins other member-agencies of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) at the ceremonial launching of the National Disaster Response Plan (NDRP) 2024 on Wednesday (April 2) at the Office of the Civil Defense in Quezon City. The NDRP 2024 marks the third version of the Philippines’ multi-hazard response and early recovery framework, focused on the long-term vision of the country to build safer, adaptive, and disaster-resilient Filipino communities toward sustainable development. The 2024 plan was prepared by the NDRRMC, particularly the members of the Response and Early […]
April 2, 2025

DSWD sends aid to flash flood-hit families in Sarangani town

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has started sending family food packs (FFPs) and other forms of relief assistance to families affected by flash floods in several barangays in Glan, Sarangani due to heavy rainfall brought by the easterlies. “Secretary Rex Gatchalian has instructed Regional Director Loreto Cabaya Jr. of our Field Office 12 – SOCCSKSARGEN to closely coordinate with the affected local government units (LGUs) for possible requests for relief augmentation. Our FO has started sending FFPs to the municipality of Glan,” Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao of the DSWD’s Disaster Response ManagementGroup (DRMG) said on Wednesday (April […]
April 2, 2025

DSWD’s 4Ps mobile phones donated by private partners, not from taxpayers’ money

“Liwanagin po natin, wala pong ginastos ang ating pamahalaan sa mga cellphone na ito. Hindi po natin ginamit ang pera ng mga taxpayers para makabili ng cellphone at maipamigay sa ating mga beneficiaries.” This was the explanation made by Division Chief (DC) Marie Grace Ponce of the Social Marketing Division (SMD) of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) as she shed light on queries regarding the distribution of mobile phones to 4Ps beneficiaries during the April 2 episode of the DSWD’s online program,“ 4Ps Fastbreak.” According to DC Ponce, the mobile phones were donated by the Globe Telecom and G-Xchange, […]
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