Social Welfare and Development Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman, Japanese Ambassador Toshinao Urabe, and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Chief Representative in the Philippines Takahiro Sasaki signed today the Deed of Donation for the relief items amounting to 38 million Yen intended for  earthquake victims in Bohol. The relief items include 150 tents, 485 blue sheets, and continue reading : Japan donates relief items for quake victims

To ensure orderly and equal distribution of relief goods in quake-hit areas in Bohol, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) came up with a new relief distribution plan for the 17 affected towns. DSWD partnered with the provincial government of Bohol, Australian Aid (AusAid),  and the World Food Programme (WFP) for the new continue reading : DSWD bares new relief plan for quake-hit towns

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has prepositioned relief goods in areas along the typhoon path of ‘Vinta’ in Northern Luzon. Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman said today that DSWD is constantly coordinating with local government units (LGUs) to ensure that relief goods are ready and can easily be dispatched to affected areas. “We already continue reading : DSWD preps relief, readies for ‘Vinta’

Zamboanga City —  Sta. Maria Elementary School is still considered home by 391 families who were displaced by the clash between government troops and the Moro National Liberation Front-Misuari faction. These families fled their homes immediately after the armed conflict broke-out on September 9. Camp Manager Minda Ramos, City Social Welfare and Development Officer recounted how continue reading : Evacuees help maintain sanitation, security in evacuation centers

Social Welfare and Development Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman received today the USD100,000 (roughly P4.3 million) check donation of Taiwan through the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) for earthquake victims in Central Visayas. Secretary Soliman  accepted the donation from Taiwanese Ambassador to the Philippines Raymond L.S. Wang during a simple turn-over ceremony at the DSWD central office continue reading : Taiwan donates for quake victims

The devastation brought by the 7.2-magnitude earthquake which shook Central Visayas on October 15, showed the strong partnership and coordination of the national government and local government units in times of disasters. In the aftermath of the earthquake, the Department of Social Welfare and Development  (DSWD) readily assisted the affected local government units (LGUs), working continue reading : DSWD, LGUs work closely to help quake-hit Bohol

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), in coordination with Habitat for Humanity, recently completed the construction of three makeshift hospital tents in Carmen, Loon, and Sagbayan, all in Bohol Province, to immediately address the medical needs of the families affected by the earthquake that hit the province. The hospital tents are manned by continue reading : DSWD constructs makeshift hospitals, shelters in quake-hit Bohol