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November 9, 2024
November 9, 2024

DSWD deploys mobile command centers to areas battered by ‘Marce’

Following the onslaught of Typhoon ‘Marce’, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) deployed its Field Offices’ (FOs) Mobile Command Centers (MCC) in Regions 1 (Ilocos Region), 2 (Cagayan Valley), and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) to boost the agency’s post-disaster operations, particularly in severely-affected communities. “Our Field Offices in the Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, and CAR have deployed their command centers particularly in areas that sustained most of the damage of Typhoon Marce,”  Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) Asst. Secretary Irene Dumlao, who is also the DSWD spokesperson, said on Saturday (November 9). The mobile communications centers, manned […]
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November 8, 2024
November 8, 2024

DSWD requests DBM for replenishment of Php875-M in Quick Response Funds

To ensure unhampered disaster response amid the consecutive storms that hit the country in the recent days,  the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has already requested the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) for the immediate replenishment of the agency’s Quick Response Funds (QRF). Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) Asst. Secretary Irene Dumlao, who is also the DSWD spokesperson, told reporters the agency expects the QRF replenishment next week. “Yung status of stockpile, stand by funds natin nagkakahalaga pa ng Php107 million. Gayundin  we have more than 1.3 million family food packs strategically prepositioned across the country, but […]
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November 8, 2024
November 8, 2024

DSWD endorses new action framework for children in global conference

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) endorses a Child Protection Systems Strengthening (CPSS) framework in the First Global Ministerial Conference (GMC) on Ending Violence Against Children (VAC) on November 7 to 8 in Bogota, Colombia. In his letter to UNICEF Philippines Chief of Child Protection Patricia Lim Ah Ken, DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian said the Department fully supports the CPSS framework which is designed to strengthen systems that protect children from violence, abuse, neglect, and exploitation. “Aware that this new framework is designed to strengthen systems that protect children from violence, abuse, neglect, and exploitation, we are confident […]
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November 8, 2024
November 8, 2024

DSWD exec spotlights former 4Ps-monitored Bicolano children-turned topnotchers

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 5 – Bicol Regional Director Norman Laurio has given recognition to former monitored children of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) from Bicol who topped several licensure examinations. “Kung titingnan po natin, marami pong mga topnotchers, nasa top 10, at marami na ring professional na dating anak ng ating 4Ps beneficiaries . Ito po sana ay magsilbing inspiration sa 4.4 million beneficiaries po natin sa buong bansa na ang 4Ps ay patuloy na ipinatutupad ng DSWD dahil ang konsepto po nito ay to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty through education […]
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November 8, 2024
November 8, 2024

Real Life Stories – Farmers’ group finds renewed hope in organic farming under DSWD’s ‘Project LAWA at BINHI’

In the rural community of Barangay Tubectubang in Moncada, Tarlac, the members of the Camoncadaan Farmers Association Inc. were able to utilize the opportunities provided by the Project LAWA (Local Adaptation to Water Access) and BINHI (Breaking Insufficiency through Nutritious Harvest for the Impoverished) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to create sustainable agricultural opportunities and enhance their food security. Project LAWA and BINHI is among the DSWD’s innovations that focuses on mitigating the impact of food insecurity and water scarcity caused by the El Niño while preparing for the potential effects of the rainy season. Bobby […]
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November 8, 2024
November 8, 2024

DSWD taps Pampanga hub to produce 10K food packs daily for ‘Marce’ ops

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has fully activated its hub in San Simon town in Pampanga which is set to dispatch 10,000 to 15,000 boxes of family food packs (FFPs) a day to the Ilocos Region and other local government units (LGUs) hit by Typhoon Marce. “On orders from Secretary Ga  ntchalian, we have fully-activated our hubs in Central Luzon to amplify our resource capacity, particularly for Northern Luzon which sustained damages from the series of disasters including Marce,” Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) Asst. Secretary Irene Dumlao, who is also the DSWD’s spokesperson, said on Friday […]
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November 7, 2024
November 7, 2024

DSWD chief calls for support to end violence against children

As the whole nation celebrates the 32nd National Children’s Month (NCM) this November, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian has called for a nationwide support to end violence against children (VAC). “Sa pamamagitan ng selebrasyon ngayong taon, ating isinusulong ang pagpapalakas ng mga sistema at mekanismo upang labanan ang violence against children na isa sa pinakamalaking problemang kinakaharap ng mga batang Pilipino,” Secretary Gatchalian said in a video message sent to the Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC), an attached agency of the DSWD and the lead for the NCM celebration, together with the National […]
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November 7, 2024
November 7, 2024

DSWD execs discuss on-going response ops for series of tropical cyclones in Thursday Media Forum

Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao, who is also the agency spokesperson, discusses the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) on-going disaster response efforts for Severe Tropical Storm (STS) Kristine, Super Typhoon (ST) Leon, and Typhoon Marce during the DSWD Thursday (November 7) Media Forum. The DRMG official was joined by DSWD Field Office (FO) 5 – Bicol Regional Director Norman Laurio who provided updates on the assistance provided by the FO-5 to Kristine-affected Bicolanos. The Thursday Media Forum, held at the DSWD Central Office’s New Press Center in Quezon City, was hosted by Special Assistant […]
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November 7, 2024
November 7, 2024

DSWD extends Php339 million in aid to Kristine-hit Bicolanos

The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Field Office 5 – Bicol Region has so far provided more than Php339 million humanitarian aid to families and individuals affected by Severe Tropical Storm (STS) ‘Kristine’ in the Bicol Region. “In four days time, nai-deliver po agad natin sa Naga City ang 35,000 family food packs (FFPs) kasama po yung six liters bottled waters at iba pang non-food items para sa siyudad ng Naga. Lahat po ng pangangailangan at request ng lahat po ng mga kababayan natin sa Bicol ay naipaabot na po natin sa kanila,” DSWD Field Office 5 – […]
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