The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) regulatory services are now made more accessible as its digital systems aptly called ‘Harmonized Electronic License and Permit System’ (HELPS) and ‘Minors Travelling Abroad (MTA) have been integrated into the eGov PH (e-Government Philippines) Application. According to Director Megan Therese Manahan of the Standards Bureau (SB) that oversees the HELPS, this move will go a long way in line with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s vision to harness the power of technology to make government services closer to the reach of Filipinos. “We are more than pleased to announce this, especially to […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian welcomed the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) approval of the Php20 per kilo rice that will be allocated for the beneficiaries of the Walang Gutom Program (WGP). The DSWD chief said in a radio interview on Wednesday (June 4) that accessing the low-cost rice would greatly help the WGP beneficiaries especially in budgeting their monthly food credits amounting to Php3,000. “Binibigyan natin itong food poor, yung mga pamilyang hindi na kumakain ng tama, o yung nakararanas ng kagutuman. Every month, binibigyan natin sila ng 3,000 pesos worth of food credit. Yung […]

Four beneficiaries of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Walang Gutom Program (WGP) in Tondo, Manila have affirmed the effectiveness of the government’s anti-hunger as they narrated to members of the Media its impact on their lives. One of them is Edwin Jimeno, a scavenger from Tondo who emotionally recalled how his family’s life significantly changed after he was included in the WGP. “Tuwang-tuwa po ako noong time na yon na nasabihan ako na nakuha ako sa WGP. Kaya sa sobrang excited ko, [sinabi] ko talaga yung pamilya ko na ito na siguro yung chance na makakatikim din […]

Water is an essential resource to life and access to potable water is a key driver to sustainable development. As a champion for development, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is introducing the Air-to-Water Technology as a modality under the Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS). The KALAHI-CIDSS program is globally recognized for its community driven development (CDD) approach in assisting poor communities towards progress. The approach entails that members of the community actively participate in the identification of their needs, preparing for project proposals, and in the implementation of their projects. […]

With innovations and constant improvements as its core principles in development, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is eyeing to enhance the Walang Gutom Program (WGP) and changes are currently underway to ensure that the program will continue being more responsive to the hunger and nutritional needs of its beneficiaries. DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian emphasized this as he visited Tatay Anselmo Brosas, a WGP household-beneficiary from Tondo Manila who emerged as the winner in the recently-held National Capital Region-Walang Gutom Cook-off challenge where he featured an original dish of ‘sinigang na tinapang galunggong’. Aside from congratulating Tatay Anselmo, […]

An official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) clarified that distributing cash incentives for exiting household-beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) is a prerogative of their respective local government units (LGUs). This was pointed out by Director Gemma Gabuya, the 4Ps National Program Manager, as a response to the featured question from a netizen during the June 4 episode of the DSWD’s online program, “4Ps Fastbreak.” Director Gabuya said the 4Ps management office hold graduation rites dubbed “Pugay Tagumpay” to recognize the milestones of household-beneficiaries who attained self-sufficiency status. During the Pugay Tagumpay, the 4Ps […]

With the Department of Agriculture (DA) approving the request for low-cost rice, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is now taking steps to include the Php 20 per kilo rice in the food redemption system of the Walang Gutom Program (WGP). “Yung request natin na mag supply ang DA ng murang bigas ay inaprubahan nga po nila. Kung kaya ang gagawin natin, nitong June, ay magkakaroon tayo ng pilot run kung saan susubukan natin yung sistema noong pag-coordinate ng DA doon sa ating mga accredited merchants at retailers including mga Kadiwa outlets,” Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao, the DSWDs […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) thanked the Provincial Government of Iloilo for supporting the institutionalization of the Community-Driven Development (CDD) Day through a provincial ordinance. Director Bernadette Mapue-Joaquin, the National Program Manager (NPM) of the agency’s Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS), said the Iloilo provincial government issued Provincial Ordinance No. 2025-336 or “An Ordinance Observing the Community-Driven Development (CDD) Day Every Year in the Province of Iloilo,” also known as “CDD Day” as part of its advocacy on the principles of CDD. “We thank Provincial Governor Arthur R. Defensor […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) new project for Maranao children will help provide “essential, culturally-sensitive, and rights-based protective programs and services” for orphaned, abandoned, and neglected children living in “torils.” This was emphasized by DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian during the ceremonial signing of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the local government unit (LGU) of Marawi City, led by Mayor Majul Gandamra, on Tuesday (June 3) for the implementation of the “Project Riayah.” According to the DSWD chief, Project Riayah aims to deliver a coordinated and comprehensive set of interventions aligned with the agency’s standard cost-of-care framework […]