More than 3,000 college students from the National Capital Region (NCR) have received financial aid from the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program as of Monday (September 23). “These college students rendered work as tutors and youth development workers (YDWs). They conducted reading sessions to struggling or non-reader elementary students and Nanay-Tatay teacher sessions to parents and guardians of the elementary beneficiaries, respectively,” DSWD Asst. Secretary Irene Dumlao, who is also the agency spokesperson, said. In Monday’s cash payout at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Valenzuela (PLV), a total of 500 college students received their […]

“As we celebrate National Family Week, let us take a moment to recognize the vital role families play in our society. Families are the foundation of our communities, nurturing values, culture, and resilience.” This is the main message of Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Undersecretary for Policy and Plans Group Adonis Sulit, who is also the Alternate Chairperson of the National Committee on the Filipino Family (NCFF), as he greeted Filipino families on behalf of DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian on the eve of Family Week. The nation is set to observe the 32nd National Family Week on September […]

Some 1,495 disaster-affected families from Bacoor City, Cavite receive their emergency cash transfer (ECT) assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) during a payout activity at the University of Perpetual Help System DALTA-Molino Campus on Friday (September 20). DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian and Bacoor City Mayor Strike Revilla supervised the distribution of the cash aid. Joining the DSWD chief in the payout were Undersecretary for Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) Diana Rose Cajipe, Field Office CALABARZON Director Barry Chua, and Assistant Regional Director for Operations Mylah Gatchalian. The ECT is a DSWD program that provides additional assistance […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian was in the City of Bacoor in Cavite on Friday (September 20) to oversee the distribution of the emergency cash transfer (ECT) assistance to families displaced by Super Typhoon Carina and the recent fire incident in Barangay Zapote 3. “Kaya nga ako nandito dahil pinapunta ako ng ating mahal na Pangulong Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. Kasi nung malaman nya na sunud-sunod yung sunog dito sa Bacoor, sabi nya tawagan mo si Mayor Strike at gusto kong malaman ng mga taga-Bacoor na ang pamahalaang nasyunal…walang maliit na trahedya, walang malaking trahedya, […]

As part of the celebration of the National Family Week, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Undersecretary for Policy and Plans Group Adonis Sulit, together with agency personnel, joins the family fun run at SM Mall of Asia Grounds on Saturday (September 21). The fun run was organized by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints which is one of the members of the National Committee on the Filipino Family (NCFF) chaired by the DSWD. Other NCFF members also organized other activities from September 23-27 such as community garden and interfaith family forum as part of the annual […]

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has incorporated measures to ‘disaster-proof’ its programs and services through the implementation of adaptive and shock responsive social protection systems, an agency official said on Thursday (September 19). “Lagi kasi nating sinasabi na disasters exacerbate the living conditions of the poor, the vulnerable, and the marginalized so dapat natutulungan natin yung ating mga kababayan na maghanda para sa isang disaster, but at the same time, nagpapatuloy yung ating response operations and we support them toward their early recovery, ” DSWD Asst. Secretary Irene Dumlao, who is also the agency’s spokesperson, said during […]

“Kami ay naging benepisyaryo ng Pantawid Pamilya. Sa aming pagiging benepisyaryo maraming oportunidad na nagbukas, sinikap naming matuto at in-apply ang aming mga natutunan para may pagbabago ang aming buhay.” Such is how Milca Magcosta, 40, a former grantee of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) described how the program has helped her family realize a seemingly unreachable dream of starting their own family business. Seven years hence, Milca’s family, from Anahawan, Southern Leyte, is now the proud owner of a meat shop, a mini-grocery and a newly-opened food hub. Prior to becoming […]

An official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) affirmed on Thursday (September 20) that the agency has existing protocols in assisting victim-survivors of abuse and qualified human trafficking, including those who were allegedly abused and exploited by Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) leader Apollo Quiboloy. DSWD Asst. Secretary for Statutory Programs Ada Colico told reporters during the Thursday Media Forum that part of the protocol is the referral of the Philippine National Police’s Women’s and Children’s Desk to be followed by the agency’s profiling and immediate provision of support services “Actually po ang protocol kasi po natin […]

As the nation is set to observe the 32nd National Family Week on September 23 to 27, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), as the lead agency of the National Committee on the Filipino Family (NCFF), enjoins Filipinos to celebrate family unity and harmony. “We encourage all Filipino families to bond to strengthen communication and maintain healthy relationship with one another,” DSWD Asst. Secretary Irene Dumlao, who is also the agency spokesperson, said on Friday (September 20). Anchored on the theme,”Pamilyang Tutugon sa Pagbabago ng Panahon,” the NCFF members are set to conduct activities that will focus on […]