President Benigno S. Aquino III has recently approved the P1.9-billion budget for the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to conduct its second Nationwide Assessment that will identify poor families who will be qualified to receive assistance from the government’s social protection programs and services. “This undertaking will update the existing database and provide data continue reading : PNoy gives green light for DSWD's 2nd nationwide assessment of poor families

Six months after  Typhoon Yolanda,  some 44,427 survivors  now have their vital civil documents re-established through the free Mobile Civil Registration project launched last month by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in partnership with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Initiatives for Dialogues and Empowerment through Alternative Legal Services, Inc. (IDEALS), continue reading : Reconstruction of civil docs project in E. Visayas continues

On November 08, 2013, Typhoon Yolanda caused massive destruction in six regions, namely Regions IV-B, V, VI, VII, VIII and CARAGA affecting almost 1.47 million families. Of total affected, 918,261 families were displaced. The overall reported damaged houses totalled to 1,012,790 houses, with 518,878 houses totally damaged and 493,912 partially damaged. Six months after ‘Yolanda’, continue reading : Response and early recovery updates: 6 months after ‘Yolanda’

Naga City, Camarines Sur – More than 500 leaders and officers of various solo parent associations (SPAs) from the National Capital Region, Regions I, III, IV-CALABARZON, IV-MIMAROPA, V and VII gathered here to push for the amendments to Republic Act 8972 or the Solo Parents Welfare Act of 2000, during the recent First National Convention continue reading : DSWD supports amendments to solo parents welfare law

On April 14, intense fighting ensued between the government troops and the New People’s Army (NPA) in Maco, Compostela Valley. Reports indicate that as they fled, the rebels took with them 39 residents, including two females and four children, of Maragusan, Compostela Valley while they were in the nearby town of Mabini and used them continue reading : Press Statement of DSWD Secretary Dinky Soliman on NPA’s use of civilians as human shield

Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary (DSWD) Corazon Juliano-Soliman is pleased that the Convergence Strategy the Department has adopted in 2012 played a significant role in reducing poverty incidence in the country in the first half of 2013. “Even in so short a time, we are happy that economic experts have recognized the impact continue reading : DSWD intensifies convergence of services to sustain contribution in poverty alleviation

MANILA – To complement the national government’s efforts in disaster preparedness and response, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today formally handed over logistics equipment to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) at a ceremony in Manila. The   equipment, worth over PhP11.6 million (US$260,000), includes continue reading : WFP donates logistics equipment to bolster government disaster preparedness