In response to Tropical Storm Enteng, the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Field Office 5 – Bicol Region successfully distributed hot meals to 504 evacuees at the TESDA Building in Barangay Caratagan, Pio Duran town, Albay province, on Monday (September 2). The provision of hot meals, cooked from the food items of the continue reading : DSWD Field Office 5 distributes hot meals to evacuees in Albay town
Personnel of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Field Office-7 (Central Visayas) joined a police operation on Saturday (August 31) aimed at rescuing local and foreign trafficking victims from an illegal Philippine offshore gaming operator (POGO) hub located at the Tourist Garden Hotel in Barangay Agus, Lapu-Lapu City in Cebu province. Operatives of continue reading : DSWD Field Office-7 to provide aid to trafficking victims rescued from Cebu POGOs
A total of 300 housing units were officially turned over by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Friday (August 30) to the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) former combatants and their families in the provinces of Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga Sibugay in Region 9 (Zamboanga Peninsula). During the turn over ceremony continue reading : DSWD turns over 300 housing units to MNLF former combatants in ZamboPen
As part of its disaster response and operations for Tropical Storm ‘Enteng’, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is continuously producing family food packs (FFPs) to ensure immediate replenishment and availability of food and non-food items (FNIs) for resource augmentation to its field offices and local government units (LGUs). “As instructed by Secretary continue reading : DSWD spox assures enough relief supplies for ‘Enteng’- affected families
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office-5 (Bicol Region) distributed hot meals to 618 stranded passengers in the ports of Masbate, Sorsogon, and Albay due to the cancellation of sea travel caused by Tropical Storm Enteng on Monday (September 2). As Typhoon Enteng intensifies and continues to affect the Bicol Region, the continue reading : DSWD Field Office-5 provides hot meals to stranded passengers in Bicol Region
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will be holding a Humanitarian and Development Summit that aims to foster inclusiveness and coordination between the government and private sector on disaster response, risk reduction, and responsive social protection. The Summit, which will be on Wednesday (September 4) in Ortigas Center, Pasig City, will serve as continue reading : DSWD, partners swift disaster response coordination, top agenda in humanitarian summit
