As the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) spotlights the 21st anniversary of the Kapitbisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS), a senior agency official has reiterated the need to institutionalize the program and its community-driven development (CDD) approach to address poverty. KALAHI-CIDSS National Program Manager (NPM) Director Bernadette Mapue-Joaquin emphasized this during the DSWD Thursday Media Forum at the Sequoia Hotel in Quezon City on October 10. “Marami na tayong nagawa, pero marami pa rin po talaga ang nangangailangan… kaya parte po ng advocacy ng KALAHI-CIDSS ay yung sustainability at institutionalization. Ito yung mga […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has now more than 2 million boxes of family food packs (FFPs) ready for augmentation to local governments units (LGUs) needing assistance for their disaster operations, an official of the Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) said on Friday (October 11). Assistant Secretary for DRMG Irene Dumlao, who is also the DSWD’s spokesperson, said the 2 million boxes are so far the highest number of FFPs prepositioned in the agency’s warehouses nationwide. “The FFPs are continuously being produced to ensure availability of relief goods whenever a disaster or emergency occurs,” Asst. Secretary Dumlao […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Undersecretary Monina Josefina Romualdez leads the awarding ceremonies for the winners of the National Bayani Ka! Awards on Thursday (October 10) in Quezon City. The Bayani Ka! Awards is the highest recognition given by the DSWD’s Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) to its exemplary communities and partners in implementing and promoting the community-driven development (CDD) approach. Joining Undersecretary Romualdez in conferring the awards on the winners were Asst. Secretary Florentino Loyola, Jr and KALAHI-CIDSS National Program Manager, Director Bernadette Mapue-Joaquin.

For Rhodora Datar, a resident of Mati City in Davao Oriental, she knows her life is changing for the better as she jokingly shared that she can now buy her own red lipstick, and can casually borrow some goods from local stores in their community without getting a second look, whether she is capable of paying for these or not. These little wins, according to Rhodora, are no bragging rights but a humble reminder of how far she had come, hand in hand with the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP ) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD). “Maraming […]

Representatives of Mercury Drug paid a courtesy visit to Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Undersecretary Monina Josefina Romualdez on Friday (October 11) at the DSWD Central Office in Quezon City. In the brief meeting, Undersecretary Romualdez checked with Mercury Drug officials on the on-going coordination between the agency and private corporation on their partnership on Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations (AICS). Formalized in a signed agreement last September, the private corporation is set to assist the agency to help more Filipinos in crisis situation to purchase medicines from selected drug store branches through agency-issued guarantee letters (GLs). […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) paid tribute to its community volunteers and other partners during the 2024 National Bayani Ka! Awards on Thursday (October 10) at the Sequoia Hotel in Quezon City. With this year’s theme, “Tayog: Paglilingkod, Pagmamalasakit, Paninindigan para sa Bayan,” the National Bayani Ka! Awards is an annual event that aims to celebrate the lives of community volunteers and recognize their efforts and contributions to the overall initiatives of KALAHI-CIDSS, the agency’s community-driven development (CDD) program. In her keynote message, DSWD Undersecretary for […]

The conditionalities for the First 1000 Days (F1KD) have been inked for approval as the nutrition-specific additional grant gears toward full implementation in 2025, a senior official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reported on Thursday (October 10). “While drafting the conditionalities of F1KD grants, on top of our priority is to anchor the conditions to the best interest of the beneficiaries. We want to make sure that it would augment their health-seeking behavior, and lead to favorable health outcomes,” said Undersecretary Vilma B. Cabrera of the DSWD’s  Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). The F1KD cash grant […]

In response to the directive of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr to provide financial assistance apart from the family food packs (FFPs) to families affected by Super Typhoon Julian, the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Field Office 2-Cagayan Valley continued the distribution of Emergency Cash Transfer (ECT) in the island province of Batanes. “Today, we are starting another ECT payout in the remaining parts of the province of Batanes. If you can recall, President Marcos and Secretary Gatchalian personally visited Batanes last week to check the situation of the affected families. The President specifically directed the DSWD to […]

Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) Program Manager Bernadette Mapue-Joaquin takes pride in the accomplishments of the program in its 21-year of  implementation during the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Thursday Media Forum held at the Sequoia Hotel in Quezon City. During the forum, which coincided with the celebration of the 21 years of KALAHI-CIDSS, Program Manager Bernadette Mapue-Joaquin was joined by Buguias, Benguet Vice Mayor Dione Baucas and community volunteers from Region 2 (Cagayan Valley), 7 (Western Visayas) and 10 (Northern Mindanao) as she reported to the media the program’s […]