Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Division Chief Anna Maria Alexa Ledesma of the Standards Bureau (SB) and Social Welfare Officer IV Cheryl Mainar of the Program Management Bureau (PMB) discuss the agency’s latest digital initiatives during the DSWD Thursday Media Forum on February 13 at the Central Office’s New Press Center in Quezon City. Division Chief Ledesma discussed the Harmonized Electronic License and Permit System or ‘HELPS,’ an online portal that is set to streamline the agency’s frontline services for social welfare and development agencies (SWDAs) and the issuance of travel permit under the Minors Travelling Abroad (MTA). […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) emphasized on Thursday (February 13) that the issuance of a travel clearance for minors travelling abroad (MTA) is part of the national government’s campaign against child trafficking. “Talagang this is an anti-trafficking measure and this is in cooperation with the Bureau of Immigration,” Social Welfare Officer (SWO) IV Cheryl Mainar of the agency’s Program Management Bureau (PMB) told reporters during the Thursday Media Forum held at the DSWD Central Office’s New Press Center in Quezon City. To streamline the process of application, the DSWD under the leadership of Secretary Rex Gatchalian is […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will soon launch an online system that will streamline the process of application and issuance of travel clearance for minors traveling abroad (MTA). Social Welfare Officer (SWO) IV Cheryl Mainar of the DSWD’s Program Management Bureau (PMB) told reporters that applicants no longer need to submit the required documents physically to any agency office nationwide. SWO Mainar emphasized that applicants “can apply at the comfort of your home.” “Yung dati ay manual processing, meaning you have to go to DSWD offices to apply for a travel clearance. Wala na silang pupuntahan na […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) is encouraging its household-beneficiaries to actively participate in the midterm elections in May and exercise their right to suffrage. “Hinihikayat natin ang ating mga 4Ps beneficiaries na talagang sumali o makilahok sa eleksyon kasi iyan ay karapatan nila,” Director Gemma Gabuya, 4Ps National Program Manager, said during the DSWD’s online program, “4Ps Fastbreak,” on Wednesday (February 12). According to Director Gabuya, the 4Ps has incorporated voter’s education in the family development sessions (FDS) through the module on active citizenship. “Talagang dito [sa FDS] pinapaunawa naming kung ano […]

The outgoing chairperson of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Management Committee (MANCOM) Director Justin Caesar Anthony Batocabe of the Social Welfare Institutional Development Bureau (SWIDB) turns over the leadership of the committee to Assistant Secretary Baldr Bringas of the Innovations Group in a simple ceremony held at the DSWD Central Office in Quezon City on Tuesday (February 11). Asst. Secretary Bringas is also the officer-in-charge of the national program manager of the Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP) and the Walang Gutom National Program Management Office (NPMO). In his acceptance message, Asst. Secretary Bringas expressed his […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) continues to partner with other government agencies to help its household-beneficiaries gain access to other government programs. “Poverty alleviation is not the sole responsibility of one government agency. It must be a whole-of-nation approach. With this, the 4Ps continues its partnership with other government agencies to help its grantees avail of programs and services that are not within the mandate of the DSWD,” Asst. Secretary Irene Dumlao, the agency’s spokesperson, said on Tuesday (February 11). One of the partners of the program is the Commission on Higher […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) expects to replicate the groundbreaking success of Project LAWA (Local Adaptation to Water Access) and BINHI (Breaking Insufficiency through Nutritious Harvest for the Impoverished) as the agency brings this risk resiliency initiative to more communities nationwide that are most affected by drought and climate change. Asst. Secretary Irene Dumlao of the DSWD’s Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) said on Tuesday (February 11) efforts are underway to replicate the gains of the project in the previous year and ramp up the capacities of communities from 405 cities and municipalities in 72 provinces in […]