As a part of the presidential caravan, “Handog ng Pangulo: Serbisyong Sapat Para sa Lahat,” Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian leads on Friday (September 13) the payout of Ayuda Para Sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) at the Bataan’s People Center in Balanga City. Secretary Gatchalian, joined by Bataan 2nd continue reading : DSWD chief leads AKAP payout in Bataan presidential caravan
Officials and staff of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) met and briefed on Tuesday (September 10) Senator Joel Villanueva on the agency’s climate change mitigation and adaptation program, the Project LAWA (Local Adaptation to Water Access) and BINHI (Breaking Insufficiency through Nutritious Harvest for the Impoverished). “Project LAWA and BINHI is a continue reading : DSWD pitches Project LAWA and BINHI to Sen. Villanueva
Officials of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) led by Secretary Rex Gatchalian met with executives of the Mercury Drugs Corporation to help more Filipinos in crisis situation to purchase medicines from the latter’s selected branches through agency-issued guarantee letters (GLs). A Guarantee Letter is a document issued by the DSWD in favor continue reading : DSWD partners with Mercury Drugs Corporation for AICS program
In an effort to step up its disaster response in Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas (GIDAs), the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Field Office (FO)-CALABARZON is now in the process of procuring more storage facilities in these hard-to-reach localities. In the DSWD’s Thursday Media Forum on September 12 at the Central Office’s New Press continue reading : DSWD CALABARZON steps up efforts to enhance disaster ops in hard-to-reach areas
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 7-Central Visayas assured the local government units (LGUs) in Negros Oriental that the agency has enough relief supplies to augment the LGUs’ resources for any possible effects of Mt. Kanlaon’s volcanic activities. “We, at the DSWD, assure the governor, district representatives, and town and city continue reading : DSWD Central Visayas assures support for Negros Oriental LGUs amid Mt. Kanlaon’s restiveness
The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Field Office (FO) 4-A – Calabarzon Regional Director Barry Chua briefs members of the media on his FO’s disaster response operations following the series of tropical storms and fire incidents that affected various parts of the region. In the Thursday Media Forum on September 12, RD Barry continue reading : DSWD Calabarzon RD talks on regional disaster response in Thursday Media Forum
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 6 – Western Visayas is currently on high alert after the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) warned of an “eruptive unrest and an increase in the alert level” following the seismic activity of Mt. Kanlaon. “As instructed by Secretary Rex Gatchalian, the DSWD continue reading : DSWD Western Visayas braces for looming eruption of Kanlaon; prepositions 37K food packs
An official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Wednesday (September 11) reiterated that beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) are selected based on a standard screening process to ensure that only qualified families can benefit from the program. “Unang-una, kailangan na naitalagang mahirap sa ating National Household Targeting System continue reading : Screening process of 4Ps beneficiaries ensures program integrity – DSWD’s 4Ps director
Clients in need of assistance in buying medicines can now use the guarantee letters (GL) issued by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to purchase their ‘maintenance medicine’ from selected pharmacies around the country. “Under the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) program, the DSWD has been engaging with selected pharmacies to continue reading : DSWD-issued guarantee letters accepted in select pharmacies nationwide
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian has directed the agency’s Field Office (FO)-CALABARZON to send immediate assistance to the local government unit (LGU) of Bacoor City in Cavite province following the fire that engulfed residential houses in Longos, Barangay Zapote 3 on Tuesday (September 10). Upon learning of the fire incident, continue reading : DSWD sends aid to fire-hit families in Bacoor, Cavite
