Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Friday (April 4) presides over the 11th regular meeting of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Zero Hunger (IATF-ZH) at the DSWD Central Office in Quezon City. The meeting focused on the government’s continuing initiatives to address hunger, food insecurity, and child stunting in the Philippines. Updates on the Philippine Multisectoral Nutrition Project (PMNP) were jointly presented by Director Bernadette Mapue-Joaquin, Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) National Program Manager; and Deputy Team Leader Ana EpefaniaEscober of the Department of Health (DOH). Other DSWD officials […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian served as a resource speaker during the magisterial lecture on Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), held as part of the Archbishop’s/Bishop’s Executive Course on Wednesday (April 3) at the Caritas Philippines Development Center in Tagaytay City. The DSWD chief thanked Caritas Philippines Executive Director Father Carmelo “Tito” Caluag for the opportunity to share the agency’s programs and highlight the role of public-private partnerships in strengthening social welfare initiatives for the Filipinos’ holistic development. # (LSJ)

Elderly residents of the Golden Reception and Action Center for the Elderly and other Special Cases (GRACES) hold storytelling and playtime sessions with children enrolled in child development centers on Thursday (April 3) at the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Reception and Study Center for Children (RSCC) in Quezon City. The activity is part of the third session of the agency’s intergenerational project, “Apo Ko: Kwento ni Lolo’t Lola, Gabay ng Kabataan.” The project is designed to create a supportive and dynamic community where the wisdom of the elderly is shared with the younger generation, fostering mutual understanding, […]

Senior officials of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) discuss the agency’s new projects, the Kaagapay Donations Portal and the Panahon ng Pagkilos, at the Thursday Media Forum on April 3 at the DSWD Central Office’s New Press Center in Quezon City. Assistant Secretary Maria Paz Rafael of the Partnerships Building and Resource Mobilization Office (PBRMO) provided updates on the agency’s digital platform that allows individuals or organizations to send donations to social welfare and development agencies (SWADAs), DSWD-managed centers and residential care facilities, as well as to the Department’s relief efforts. Director Bernadette Mapue-Joaquin of the Kapit-Bisig […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian joins other member-agencies of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) at the ceremonial launching of the National Disaster Response Plan (NDRP) 2024 on Wednesday (April 2) at the Office of the Civil Defense in Quezon City. The NDRP 2024 marks the third version of the Philippines’ multi-hazard response and early recovery framework, focused on the long-term vision of the country to build safer, adaptive, and disaster-resilient Filipino communities toward sustainable development. The 2024 plan was prepared by the NDRRMC, particularly the members of the Response and Early […]

Assistant Secretary Marie Paz Rafael of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Partnerships Building and Resource Mobilization Office (PBRMO) tackles the key features of the agency’s newly-launched Kaagapay Donations Portal during the Saturday News Forum on March 29 at the Dapo Restaurant in Quezon City. The online platform is designed to provide donors with a simpler and more convenient way to extend their donations to DSWD-led disaster response operations and to the agency’s centers and residential care facilities (CRCFs), as well as to social welfare and development agencies (SWDAs) and local government units (LGUs). (LSJ)

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian convened the council members of the National Authority for Child Care (NACC) to discuss issues on adoption and alternative child care programs on Friday (March 28) at the DSWD Central Office, Quezon City. Joining Secretary Gatchalian in the council meeting were Undersecretary Emmeline Aglipay Villar and Asst. Secretary Elaine Fallarcuna of the International Affairs, and Attached and Supervised Agencies. Also present were NACC Undersecretary Janella Estrada, and Council Members Atty. Gabriela Concepcion; Atty. Iris Sylvia Bonifacio; and, Dr. Maria Caridad Tarroja. #

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian meets with executives of the National Authority for Child Care (NACC) and representatives of social welfare and development agencies (SWDAs) on Wednesday (March 26) to discuss the new guidelines in implementing the adoption and alternative child care programs in public and private residential-based social welfare agencies catering to children. Joining the DSWD chief in the meeting were Undersecretary Denise Florence Bernos-Bragas of the Regulatory Services and Institutional Development Group; Undersecretary Emmeline Aglipay Villar and Asst. Secretary Elaine Fallarcuna of the International Affairs, and Attached and Supervised Agencies; and Director Megan […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian hands over on Tuesday (March 25) Php38M-worth of checks to 91 Sustainable Livelihood Program Associations (SLPAs) from the 5th and 6th Districts of Pangasinan. The amount serves as seed capital grant under the DSWD’s Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) which will benefit 1,617 local farmers and 361 vendors who comprise the SLPAs. The distribution was held side-by-side with the inauguration and turn-over ceremony of the Rosales Agricultural Trading Center, a project spearheaded by the Department of Agriculture (DA), the Abono Partylist, and the local government units of Rosales town and Pangasinan […]