Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian talks to families and individuals in street situations (FISS) during an early morning reach out operations in Makati City on Friday (May 30). Secretary Gatchalian and the Pag-Abot team were joined by Rose, the woman who was seen emerging from a sewerage in Makati City. In a meeting with Secretary Gatchalian on May 29, Rose expressed her willingness to help in the program by convincing other FISS to be reached out by the DSWD’s Pag-Abot team. (MBM)

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian talks with “Rose,” the woman who was seen crawling out of a sewerage in Makati City early this week. Rose, who was taken to the DSWD Pag-abot Processing Center in Pasay City for assessment, told the DSWD chief the real story behind her photos. Rose, who collects recyclable garbage and sells them for a living, went into the sewerage after a small blade cutter she uses for her daily collection fell into the drainage. Viral photos showed snippets of her after securing the said item. Secretary Gatchalian assured that in […]

Discussions on the Thursday (May 29) Media Forum centered on the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) thrusts to ensure that Filipinos are capacitated as they face both changes and challenges brought about by the digital era and pressing issues of climate change and natural calamities. Undersecretary Vilma Cabrera of the Conditional Cash Transfer Group (CCTG) briefed reporters on the “e-Panalo para sa Kinabukasan” which champions the DSWD’s goal to instill the values of financial empowerment among members of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) amid the fast-evolving digital economic landscape. For her part, Director Maria Isabel Lanada of […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian flies to Palawan on Thursday (May 29) to lead two significant milestone events for the beneficiaries of the agency’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in the island province. The DSWD chief supervised the phone distribution to 4Ps beneficiaries, including Indigenous Peoples, from the towns of Bataraza and Brooke’s Point, as part of the agency’s ‘e-Panalo ang Kinabukasan’ initiative which promotes digital financial literacy among program members. Following the phone distribution, Secretary Gatchalian, on behalf of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr, greeted the graduating 4Ps members from the two municipalities during […]

Representatives from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and GCash guide beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) from the Province of Palawan in registering their GCash e-wallet accounts during the “e-Panalo ang Kinabukasan” digital financial literacy initiative. The GCash registration is part of the two-day simultaneous digital financial literacy session which aims to ensure faster, more secure, and more convenient distribution of conditional cash transfer to eligible 4Ps household beneficiaries. The e-Panalo ang Kinabukasan initiative was held on May 27 and 28 at the Bataraza Town Center in the municipality of Bataraza and at the Saraza […]

Members of the Pag-abot reach out team of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) visited on Wednesday (May 28) the vicinity at the corner of Rufino and Adelantado Streets in Salcedo Village, Barangay Bel-Air in Makati City in an effort to locate the woman who surfaced from a sewerage in the area. Once the woman’s whereabouts have been traced, the Pag-abot team will reach out to her and provide appropriate interventions such as temporary shelter. Under the Pag-abot program, social workers roam around Metro Manila 24 hours a day and seven days a week to convince families and […]

Members of the Pag-Abot reach out team of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) returned on Tuesday (May 27) to NIA Road in Quezon City where they re-engaged with the families and individuals living along the thoroughfare. Last May 23, DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian led the Pag-Abot team in a reach-out operation in the vicinity of NIA Road with 13 families and 9 individuals in street situations chose to avail the program services such as temporary shelter and bringing them back to their respective provinces. (MBM)

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian and Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC) National Director Bishop Noel Pantoja engaged in a dialogue on Friday (May 23) to explore possible collaboration on key government programs for children and families. Both parties expressed interest to co-develop values-based modules for the implementation of the Parent Effectiveness Service (PES), a national program committed to enriching the knowledge and skills of Filipino parents and parent-substitutes in responding to their parental duties and responsibilities. The meeting also covered updates on adoption policies that ensures the child’s background and best interests are taken […]

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Undersecretary Emmeline Aglipay-Villar and Assistant Secretary Ellaine Fallarcuna of the agency’s International Affairs, Attached and Supervised Agencies (IASAs) joined the 7th ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Disaster Resilience Platform (ADRP) meeting last May 21. During the hybrid forum, the agency executives presented the highlights and updates on the celebration of ASEAN Social Work Day last March 5, as well as the launch of the Regional Guidance for ASEAN Member States on the Role of Social Workers and the wider Social Service Workforce in Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Resilience (DRRCR). The policy […]