The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD)Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program, which is a brainchild of Secretary Rex Gatchalian, will begin on Monday (May 19) its third-year of conducting tutorials among grade schoolers and Nanay-Tatay teacher sessions for their parents and guardians. “The DSWD is now ready for the expanded Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program. We have beenconducting several capacity building and training sessions for college students who will be deployed as tutors and youth development workers (YDWs) to ensure that they are ready to teach struggling or non-reader elementary students and their parents or guardians,” Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao, the […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Field Office (FO) 10- Northern Mindanao continues to monitor the cases of the 10 minors who were rescued during the anti-human trafficking entrapment operations in Iligan City last May 7 and 9, an agency official said on Thursday (May 15). Regional Director Ramel Jamen of the DSWD Northern Mindanao reported to the Central Office that social workers from the Field Office will continue to render case management of the children, legal coordination, and rehabilitation support to ensure that they will recover from their traumatic experiences. “As public servants, it is our calling […]

In continuation of the efforts to streamline the agency’s provision of programs and services, the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) management committee (MANCOM) conditionally approved four proposed guidelines to bolster the implementation of Republic Act No. 11032 or the Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery Act. The proposed guidelines were presented by Director Wayne Belizar of the DSWD Management Service (MS), who also serves as the head of the Committee on Anti-Red Tape (CART) Secretariat, during the MANCOM’s 8th regular meeting on Tuesday (May 13) at the agency’s Central Office in Quezon City. The proposed […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) continues to celebrate the milestones of its former monitored children who were able to accomplish great feats after finishing their formal education. “Binabati po talaga natin sila kasi malaking bagay ito na may na-aachieve tayo kasi sila yung nagsisilbing mukha ng ating mga 4Ps [beneficiaries]. Nakikita ng ating mga kababayan napupunta sa tama yung ating mga cash grants,” 4Ps Social Marketing Division (SMD) Chief (DC) Marie Grace Ponce said on Wednesday (May 14) in the DSWD’s online program, “4Ps Fastbreak”. DC Ponce pointed out that the milestones […]

In the aftermath of the latest eruption of Mt. Kanlaon early morning of Tuesday (May 13), personnel of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office (FO) 6-Western Visayas immediately visited the evacuation centers in the Negros Island Region (NIR) to check on the condition of the evacuees. “Immediate response, in any type of disaster or emergencies, is crucial. And to think of it, this is even more needed by our Mt. Kanlaon evacuees who have been displaced for almost five months now. We have to assure them that we are looking after their needs,” Assistant Secretary Irene […]

Reaffirming the Philippine government’s commitment to build resilient and peaceful communities, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity (OPAPRU) continue to bring sustainable and high-impact development projects in conflict-vulnerable areas. The Php13.8 million housing project was funded by the OPAPRU and was officially turned over to the 50 family-beneficiaries in Barangay Batungan in the town of Tungawan in Zamboanga Sibugay last April 25. The initiative falls under the PAyapa at MAsaganang PamayaNAn–Modified Shelter Assistance Program (Pamana-MSAP) which provides structurally sound, eco-friendly shelter units for former members of […]

In line with the Marcos administration’s peace agenda, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continues to synergize its program and services with other agencies to address the socioeconomic vulnerabilities of conflict-affected communities. Among these is ensuring that former members of non-state armed groups (FMNSAGs) and their families are given holistic aid to enable them to improve their living conditions and sustain their role in the peace-building process, Undersecretary Alan Tanjusay of the DSWD’s Peace and Development Group (PDG) told the DSWD-Teleradyo partnership program, “Serbisyong DSWD for Every Juan” on Saturday (May 10). “Ang pinakapakay talaga ng DSWD sa […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reaffirmed on Saturday (May 10) the agency’s commitment to intensifying anti-hunger and anti-poverty efforts, attributing the recent drop in self-rated poverty and food poverty to the whole-of-government approach. The April 2025 OCTA survey showed a decline in self-rated poverty and food poverty among Filipino families. The April 10 to 16 nationwide survey showed 42 percent—or approximately 11.1 million families—now consider themselves poor, marking an eight-percentage-point drop from 50 percent, or around 13.2 million families, recorded in November 2024. In the same survey, the percentage of families who consider themselves food poor dropped […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) highlighted the agency’s community-based interventions for persons with disabilities during an online workshop organized by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), in coordination with the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) last Tuesday (May 6). According to Director Bernadette Mapue-Joaquin, KALAHI-CIDSS National Program Manager, the DSWD continues to advocate disability inclusion and empowerment through the Kapangyarihan at Kaunlaran sa Barangay (KKB) – Cash for Work Program for Persons with Disabilities (CFWP-PWD) modality. “Persons with disabilities who belong to economically […]