To promote the spirit of generosity and kindness and to orient its employees on the agency’s newly-launched Kaagapay Donations Portal, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is set to hold an on-site donation drive at the Central Office in Batasan Hills in Quezon City on Thursday (April 3).

In a memorandum sent to all officials and employees on March 12, Asst. Secretary Ana Maria Paz Rafael of the DSWD’s Partnerships Building and Resource Mobilization Office (PBRMO), the focal office for the agency’s donations portal, invited all officials and employees, regardless of employment status, to participate in the on-side donation drive.

“The PBRMO has collaborated with several Electronic Money Issuers (EMI) and logistics partners to offer a seamless donation experience directly to beneficiaries. Through these partnerships, everyone will have the opportunity to personally contribute to those in need, right at the DSWD Central Office,” Asst. Secretary Rafael said in the memorandum.

The DSWD official said the activity will also serve as an orientation on the new application demonstrating how the employees can navigate the online system.

Among the partners that will be featured in the activity are GCash, PayMaya, FortunePay, J&T Express, Grab, and Lalamove.

“Participants will have the opportunity to engage with the EMIs and logistic partners, learn about their donation channels, and enjoy exciting prizes and tokens as a gesture of appreciation for their support,” Asst. Secretary Rafael pointed out.

The Kaagapay Donations Portal is an online platform for donors to send their cash donations either to the DSWD for disaster relief operations and/or for in-kind and cash donations to DSWD centers and residential care facilities (CRCFs).

It also links donations to DSWD-registered and licensed social welfare and development agencies (SWDAs), as well as to local government units (LGUs) engaged in humanitarian response during times of disasters and emergencies. (AKDL)