Officer-in-charge of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Office of the Asst. Secretary for Strategic Communications Group (StratComm) and Agency Operations Service (AOS) Director Lara Duran and Digital Media Service (DMS) Director Dianne Joie Ruiz open the DMS-organized Digital Media Workshop at Maharajah Hotel in Angeles, Pampanga on Monday (September 23). Attended by continue reading : DSWD upskills comms group, regional IOs to bolster agency social media presence
Some 2,006 households affected by a recent fire in Barangay 105 in Tondo, Manila received financial assistance under the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Emergency Cash Transfer (ECT) Program on Monday (September 30). During the payout at the Vicente Lim Elementary School, the Department provided ECT assistance worth Php10,140 to each affected family. continue reading : Fire-hit families in Tondo receive cash aid from DSWD
As part of its proactive approach to disaster management, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through its Field Offices (FO) in Northern Luzon, continues to preposition family food packs (FFPs) and other relief items for augmentation support to local government units (LGUs) along the track of Typhoon Julian. “Two weeks ago ay nakapagpadala continue reading : DSWD continues prepositioning of food packs in N. Luzon for Typhoon Julian-affected areas
DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian meets with officials of the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) preparatory for a partnership project on Friday (September 27) at the Central Office Boardroom in Quezon City. Secretary Gatchalian and PAWS Executive Director Anna Cabrera were in agreement that raising cats and dogs can improve anxiety and mental awareness among people continue reading : DSWD chief wants formal partnership with PAWS; cats, dogs seen as stress busters
More than 12,000 college students, incoming Grade 2 pupils who are struggling or non-reader, together with their parents and guardians from the province of Bulacan have benefitted from the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program. “Nakikinig kami ni City Government of San Jose del Monte Mayor Arthur Robes sa tutor, continue reading : Over 12K Bulakeños benefit from DSWD’s Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program
A senior official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) assured the public on Friday (September 27) that the agency has prepositioned enough family food packs (FFPs) in areas that will be potentially affected by Tropical Depression (TD) Julian. “The Department is well-prepared for the possible impacts of TD Julian. In fact, we continue reading : DSWD is well-prepared for Tropical Depression Julian – DSWD spox
“I don’t want to let my circumstances define my future.” This encapsulates the life principle of Khane Jevie Rose Solante Cervantes, a former Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) monitored child from Barangay Poblacion, Cateel, Davao Oriental, who was a topnotcher in the 2024 Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET). Out of 44,764 candidates who took the continue reading : Real Life Stories – Teachers’ Board topnotcher shares triumphs as 4Ps beneficiary in ‘Mga Kwento ng Pag-Asa at Pagbabago’ pilot episode
Another batch of college students, this time from the province of Bulacan, has finished their cash-for-work under the DSWD Tara, Basa Tutoring Program and received commendation from Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary REX Gatchalian. The DSWD chief awarded certificates to partners who contributed to the success of this year’s implementation of the continue reading : DSWD chief commends Bulacan students, partners in Tara, Basa! culminating activity in San Jose del Monte City convention center
Going all out to celebrate this year’s Family Week with extra love and care, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has extended the deadline of the submission of entries for featured contests Angel in Red Vest (ARV) ‘Family Groufie Contest’ and ‘Family Tiktok Contest” for its employees. In the Thursday Media Forum on continue reading : DSWD spotlights role of families in Family Week-special contests for agency personnel; submission of entries extended until Sept. 30
A senior official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reported on Thursday (September 26) that majority of the 32 children from the Children’s Joy Foundation, Inc. (CJFI), a care facility affiliated with the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJ), are now in the residential care facilities of the Department while a number of continue reading : 32 kids from KOJC-affiliated care facilities now under DSWD custody, others reintegrated to families
