To strengthen inter-agency coordination on the process of legal adoption in the Philippines, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) invited staff members of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), selected heads of barangays and City/Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office, and officers of the Association of Barangay Captains (ABC) to participate in continue reading : DSWD, DILG welcome stronger inter-agency coordination to uphold legal adoption in the country

To officially kick off the 2017 Adoption Consciousness Celebration (ACC), hundreds of participants from various child-caring organizations, adoptive families, adoption advocates and national and local government agencies, including the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), joined the “Walk for Legal Adoption” last February 11, 2017 at the Quezon City Memorial Circle. The activity showcased continue reading : Hundreds join Walk for Legal Adoption, DSWD emphasizes protection of children’s rights in adoption process

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), in partnership with national government agencies (NGAs) and members of the Association of Child Caring Agencies of the Philippines (ACCAP), will lead this year’s Adoption Consciousness Celebration (ACC) from February 11-19, 2017. With the theme “Pagmamahal Palaganapin, Legal na Pag-aampon Ating Gawin! (Spread Unconditional Love through Legal Adoption),” continue reading : DSWD, partner agencies to spearhead 2017 Adoption Consciousness Celebration

Legal adoption is a gift to both the child and the parents. This was the message during the recently held Adoption Forum led by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in celebration of the 2016 Adoption Consciousness Week on February 15-21. Adoption Consciousness Week is observed yearly as per Presidential Proclamation No. 72 signed continue reading : Legal adoption: Placing a child with a loving family

In the recently held 13th Philippine Global Consultation on Child Welfare Services, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman expressed her gratitude and admiration to all local and foreign delegates for their important work in caring for children. The Secretary added that the participants take part in the significant vocation of not continue reading : Foreign, local child caring agencies continue to advocate for legal adoption

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will conduct today an Adoption Forum with the theme, “Legal na Ampon Ako: Anak na Totoo,”  at the Makati Palace Hotel, Makati City. The forum will tackle the importance of adoption and foster care in providing a family for the abandoned and neglected children in various centers managed by DSWD and non-government organizations continue reading : DSWD forum highlights importance of legal adoption