Some 909 beneficiaries of the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development received their certificates of completion after finishing a technical vocational skills training course sponsored by the Department in collaboration with Immanuel Global College de Philippines, Inc. (IGCPI), a local technical vocational institution in Cagayan de Oro City. DSWD- continue reading : Beneficiaries of DSWD’s livelihood program complete technical vocational skills training
DSWD to release rice subsidy to 4Ps beneficiaries
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is set to release rice subsidy in the form of cash amounting to P600 per month to the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) starting this March. Around 4.4 million households are expected to receive the additional grant. “Following the directive of President Rodrigo R. continue reading : DSWD to release rice subsidy to 4Ps beneficiaries
DSWD releases guidelines of rice subsidy for 4Ps members
Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has released the guidelines on the provision of rice subsidy to Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program households. This is part of the order of Pres. Rodrigo Duterte who gave particular attention to the 4Ps program during his first State of the Nation Address continue reading : DSWD releases guidelines of rice subsidy for 4Ps members
DSWD’s livelihood program trains over 2,000 Zamboangenos on vocational skills; helps them start small enterprises
In line with the mission of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to implement social welfare and development programs to empower those under the poor and marginalized sector, the Department’s Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) continues to provide skills enhancement training and micro-enterprise knowledge to poor beneficiaries towards sustainable living. Last week, three graduation continue reading : DSWD’s livelihood program trains over 2,000 Zamboangenos on vocational skills; helps them start small enterprises
DSWD, DILG welcome stronger inter-agency coordination to uphold legal adoption in the country
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
All quake-affected villages in Surigao City given relief aid
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)- Field Office Caraga reported that as of 3pm today, all 54 barangays in Surigao City that have been affected by the 6.7-magnitude earthquake already received relief assistance. Likewise, repacking of relief goods at the City Social Welfare and Development Office is on-going to ensure that additional food continue reading : All quake-affected villages in Surigao City given relief aid
DSWD provides psychosocial intervention to Surigao quake survivors
Other than giving relief supplies, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through its Field Office (FO) in the CARAGA Region has also been providing psychosocial help to some of the survivors of the 6.7-magnitude earthquake that hit Surigao City and the surrounding municipalities of Mainit, Malimono, San Francisco, and Sison on February 10. A team of psychosocial continue reading : DSWD provides psychosocial intervention to Surigao quake survivors
2.8M poor seniors to become pensioners under DSWD’s Social Pension Program
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is targeting to provide 2.8 million indigent senior citizens this year with a monthly stipend under its Social Pension Program for Indigent Senior Citizens (SPISC). The number is more than double the total target beneficiaries of the program in 2016, which is more than 1.3 million. The continue reading : 2.8M poor seniors to become pensioners under DSWD’s Social Pension Program
DSWD says only 15 out of 54 barangays in Surigao have not been given post earthquake assistance
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) today gave updates on its relief efforts in Surigao. DSWD Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo said that the Field Office in Caraga continues its efforts to assist residents affected by last Friday’s earthquake and the aftershocks which continue to hit the region three days later. “We have established continue reading : DSWD says only 15 out of 54 barangays in Surigao have not been given post earthquake assistance
Sec. Taguiwalo clarifies issues concerning alleged delayed release of relief goods for Surigao earthquake survivors
“There was never an order to delay the release of relief goods to the people and to wait for Pres. Rodrigo Duterte’s arrival before the distribution can begin. The relief operations in Surigao last weekend was not the first of the DSWD under my watch or under the Duterte administration – we never want those continue reading : Sec. Taguiwalo clarifies issues concerning alleged delayed release of relief goods for Surigao earthquake survivors
