Close to 5K poor folk to benefit from Project LAWA’s training, cash-for-work program

Some 4,590 community-based beneficiaries are expected to benefit from the cash-for-training and -work program which the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will be implementing under its Project LAWA or the Local Adaptation to Water Access. The DSWD’s Project LAWA will provide additional income in support of poor, vulnerable, and marginalized families of Indigenous continue reading : Close to 5K poor folk to benefit from Project LAWA’s training, cash-for-work program

PAF air assets to transport DSWD food packs to Bacolod City

The Philippine Air Force (PAF) in Central Visayas is actively helping the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in transporting the much-needed food packs to the flood-hit areas in Negros Occidental. A total of 20,000 family food packs (FFPs) from the Visayas Disaster Resource Center (VDRC) in Cebu City are scheduled to be transported continue reading : PAF air assets to transport DSWD food packs to Bacolod City

DSWD, partner-agencies sign MOU to help communities cope with El Nino

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), represented by Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) Undersecretary Diana Rose S. Cajipe, leads the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to officially launch the pilot implementation of the cash-for-training and –work through Project LAWA or the Local Adaptation to Water Access on Thursday (August 31) in continue reading : DSWD, partner-agencies sign MOU to help communities cope with El Nino

DSWD exec inspects Eastern Visayas Regional Resource Operations Center

As part of the disaster preparedness efforts of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) Assistant Secretary Marlon Alagao inspected the DSWD Regional Resource Operations Center (RROC) in Palo, Leyte on Wednesday (August 30). Asst. Sec. Alagao checked on the logistics capacity and the status of the new additional continue reading : DSWD exec inspects Eastern Visayas Regional Resource Operations Center

More than 1,800 residents of the provinces of Masbate and Camarines Sur who were affected by typhoons 'Egay' and 'Falcon' receive cash aid from the Department of Social Welfare and Development 's (DSWD) Bicol Regional Office during the payout activity held on August 24 to 25.

More than 1,800 typhoon-affected individuals in Bicol receive cash aid from DSWD

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through its Field Office  5 (Bicol Region), provided financial assistance to some 1,899 disaster-hit individuals in the region through the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) program.The AICS beneficiaries were residents of the provinces of Masbate and Camarines Sur who were adversely affected by Typhoons Egay continue reading : More than 1,800 typhoon-affected individuals in Bicol receive cash aid from DSWD

DSWD takes proactive steps to address elementary, high school drop-outs

As classes in all public schools opened on Tuesday (Aug. 29), the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) remains right on track in its primary objective of sending children to school. Recognizing the persistent challenge of declining enrolment and cases of school drop-out, DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian said the continue reading : DSWD takes proactive steps to address elementary, high school drop-outs

DSWD assists family hit by fire in Albay

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Bicol regional office provides family food packs (FFPs) and non-food items to a family hit by fire in Balinad, Polangui, Albay on Tuesday (Aug. 29). The DSWD Field Office-5 (Bicol Region) will also give financial assistance to the affected family under the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis continue reading : DSWD assists family hit by fire in Albay

DSWD chief orders full delivery of 55K FFPs to Region 6 amid flooding

Due to the widespread flooding caused by heavy rains in the Western Visayas Region, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian ordered the full delivery of 55,000 family food packs (FFPs) to the different warehouses in Region 6 by Thursday (August 31). The DSWD chief specifically directed the Disaster Response and Management continue reading : DSWD chief orders full delivery of 55K FFPs to Region 6 amid flooding

DSWD to launch project for increased resiliency of communities vs El Niño

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through its Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG), will launch the pilot implementation of the cash-for-training and –work through Project LAWA or the Local Adaptation to Water Access on Thursday (August 31) in Monkayo, Davao de Oro. Project LAWA focuses on local adaptation to water access interventions to continue reading : DSWD to launch project for increased resiliency of communities vs El Niño

DSWD chief joins First Lady’s LAB for All in Caloocan

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian once again expresses his support for the LAB for All project initiated by First Lady Marie Louise “Liza” Araneta Marcos. The DSWD chief joins the First Lady as she brings free medical consultations and other health services in Caloocan City on Tuesday (August 29). This continue reading : DSWD chief joins First Lady’s LAB for All in Caloocan