A total of 2,644 local and overseas job opportunities are up for grabs at the ‘Trabaho sa Bagong Pilipinas para sa Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps)’ job fair organized by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Thursday (February 20) in Negros Oriental. Fifteen companies, invited by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), are offering various positions for the job seekers. The ‘Trabaho sa Bagong Pilipinas para sa 4Ps’ is a nationwide job fair in partnership with the DOLE and other key agencies to assist 4Ps beneficiaries in obtaining pre-employment and advisory services. DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian […]

Eliciting laughter from the children-participants, Lolo Jaime Alfonso from the Haven for the Elderly narrated the story titled, ‘Ingat, Munting Sisiw’, during the launch of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) intergenerational project, “Apo Ko: Kwento ni Lolo’t Lola, Gabay ng Kabataan” on Thursday (February 20) at the Haven for the Elderly in Tanay, Rizal. Lolo Jaime is a member of the “Dream Team” of ‘lolos’ and ‘lolas’ from the DSWD’s centers and residential care facilities (CRCF) who will share their stories to 4 to 5-year-olds as part of the project. When asked by Lolo Jaime what they […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) brings the ‘Trabaho sa Bagong Pilipinas para sa Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps)’ job fair to Negros Oriental on Thursday (February 20). A total of 15 companies, invited by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), are offering local and overseas employment opportunities in the ongoing job fair at the Lamberto L. Macias Sports and Cultural Complex in Dumaguete City. The participating companies opened various positions such as accounting clerk, supervisor; cook, baker, human resource associate, customer service representative, driver, civil engineer, electrical technician, nurse, cleaner, physical therapist, midwife, and graphic artist. […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) launched its intergenerational project, “Apo Ko: Kwento ni Lolo’t Lola, Gabay ng Kabataan,” on Thursday (February 20) at the Haven for the Elderly in Tanay, Rizal. This timely project aims to build on the strengths of the elderly sector in giving guidance to young children through their stories filled with wisdom and values gained from their years of experience. Undersecretary Emmeline Aglipay Villar of the DSWD’s International Affairs, Attached and Supervised Agencies (IASAs) Group delivered the messageof Secretary Rex Gatchalian underlining the importance of the project which recognizes the role of ‘lolos’ […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian, joined by Undersecretary Eduardo Punay of the agency’s Innovations Group and Executive Director Anna Cabrera of the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), Inc., leads the media re-launch of ’Angel Pets’ on Wednesday (February 19) at the Sanctuary Center in Mandaluyong City. The media re-launch aims to raise public awareness on Angel Pets, a collaborative program of the DSWD and the PAWS that seeks to tap on animal-assisted therapy to enhance the therapeutic and healing interventions  for the clients of  the agency-managed centers and residential care facilities (CRCFs). During the event, […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) facilitated a donor-donee matching during the Kaagapay Donations Portal Launch on Tuesday (February 18) at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City. Dubbed as “Push sa Puso: Donors-Donees Matching,” some 100 participants from Social Welfare and Development Agencies (SWDAs) and non-government organizations were matched to 100 participants from DSWD partners and other institutional organizations to help the latter meet potential donors for their facilities and needs. The Kaagapay Donations Portal Launch is part of the 74th anniversary celebration of the DSWD with the theme, “Bawat Pamilyang Pilipino ay Mahalaga sa Bagong Pilipinas.”