The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through its Protective Services Program (PSP), continues to extend aid to typhoon victims in Batanes, this time for students who lost their school supplies and uniforms during the onslaught of Typhoon Ferdie. According to Social Welfare and Development (SWAD) team leader in Region II, Rosemarie Bartolome, around continue reading : Students receive financial aid after ‘Ferdie’ onslaught
Relief ops in Basilan, Sulu continue
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)- Field Office (FO) IX is currently repacking additional family food packs for the families displaced by the ongoing military operations against the Abu Sayyaf (ASG). The FO targets 25,000 food packs for ready augmentation to affected local government units (LGUs) in Basilan and Sulu Provinces. The FO continue reading : Relief ops in Basilan, Sulu continue
Lumad evacuees in Surigao del Sur return home; to continue to receive aid from DSWD
As the lead agency in social protection, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) plays a significant role in assisting the more than 500 Lumad families who have returned to their villages after staying at the Tandag Gymnasium for a year. On September 1, 2015, an estimated 730 families with 3,466 persons were forced continue reading : Lumad evacuees in Surigao del Sur return home; to continue to receive aid from DSWD
DSWD to conduct stress debriefing to ‘Ferdie’-hit survivors in Batanes
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is set to provide stress debriefing to Typhoon ‘Ferdie’ survivors in Batanes. Five social workers who were trained on Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) in DSWD Field Office (FO) II will be deployed to help relieve the stress and trauma experienced by the typhoon victims. CISD is continue reading : DSWD to conduct stress debriefing to ‘Ferdie’-hit survivors in Batanes
More aid delivered to Batanes; relief reaches Itbayat
This morning, September 19, the DSWD National Resource Operations Office (NROO) was able to airlift additional 200 boxes of corned beef and generator sets to Batanes as requested by the provincial government and the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council Response Cluster during the first relief mission to the island on September 17. Also continue reading : More aid delivered to Batanes; relief reaches Itbayat
DSWD Sec. Taguiwalo says hundreds of OFWs still stranded in Saudi; Department makes recommendations for follow-up actions
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo today echoed the recommendations made by the DSWD team that participated in the recent Humanitarian Mission of the Rodrigo R. Duterte government to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The objective of the mission is to bring home stranded overseas Filipino workers affected by the continue reading : DSWD Sec. Taguiwalo says hundreds of OFWs still stranded in Saudi; Department makes recommendations for follow-up actions
Elsie Gaches Village, the only gov’t facility helping persons with intellectual disability also needs help
The sprawling facility located in Alabang, Muntinlupa serves as the only government institution that provides care and rehabilitation to abandoned, neglected, dependent, and foundling children as well as adults with special needs such as those with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, and other intellectual disabilities and neuro-developmental disorders. On February 3, 1964, an continue reading : Elsie Gaches Village, the only gov’t facility helping persons with intellectual disability also needs help
DSWD commits to support agenda of persons with disabilities as PWD group holds summit
Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo today attended a gathering led by the Liga ng May Kapansanan, an organization of some 1,000 Persons with Disabilities (PWD) and their families. Their activity — a PWD Summit — was held at the Tahanang Walang Hagdanan, and they submitted their sectoral calls and demands continue reading : DSWD commits to support agenda of persons with disabilities as PWD group holds summit
DSWD vows strengthened relief ops in Batanes
After the successful arrival of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) relief team in Batanes, the agency vows to strengthen its relief mission, in coordination with the provincial government of Batanes and other member agencies of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), in delivering relief items and providing augmentation support continue reading : DSWD vows strengthened relief ops in Batanes
DSWD’s efforts to help Batanes ongoing
As chair of the Response Cluster under the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reported that the relief mission to Batanes was successfully carried out today. The relief airlift on board a C130 left Villamor Airbase at 12:30 noon today. The relief included 600 family continue reading : DSWD’s efforts to help Batanes ongoing
