The United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Dr. Chaloka Beyani, will be in the country on July 19-31 and will visit areas affected by disasters to observe the overall humanitarian response and rehabilitation efforts being undertaken by the government for internally displaced persons (IDPs). Dr. Beyani is a continue reading : Int’l expert on human rights of internally displaced persons to visit PH

A total of P18.5 million worth of relief augmentation has been provided by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to local government units (LGUs) for distribution to families  affected by the  prevailing Southwest Monsoon  or ‘Habagat’,  as of  8 am today. As of press time, there are still 702 families or 3,194 persons continue reading : DSWD provides P18.5 M worth of aid to ‘Habagat’- affected LGUs

DSWD Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman listens to Tatay Rolly, 26, a beneficiary of the Modified Conditional Cash Transfer for Homeless Street Families (MCCT-HSF), during the Pantawid Pamilya Parent Leaders Forum in Barangay Pinyahan, Quezon City as he shares how the program changed his life. Tatay Rolly narrated, “Dahil sa MCCT di lang ako naalis sa kalye, continue reading : Former street dweller shares benefits of DSWD project for homeless families

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) assures the public that the P509.6 million budget it received from the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) for the implementation of the Oplan LIKAS (Likas para Iwas sa Kalamidad at Sakit) for informal settler families (ISFs) in the National Capital Region went to rightful beneficiaries. Oplan continue reading : 11,213 ISFs in priority waterways received 18,000 financial assistance – DSWD

As part of the continuing assistance to survivors of Typhoon Yolanda, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through its Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) initiated the Oyster Aquaculture livelihood project for 51 individuals from Brgy. Barra, Roxas City in Capiz. The project is a group enterprise of the Fisherfolks Association in the village. A continue reading : ‘Yolanda’ survivors get extra income from oyster project funded by DSWD

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has no lump sum or discretionary funds amounting to P102.6 billion in the 2015 General Appropriations Act (GAA). “How can that be when the budget of the Department is already P107.8 billon?  We do have a budget for Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses amounting to P102B, and continue reading : DSWD clarifies lump sum in its 2015 budget

About 660 family-survivors from Capiz and Iloilo are now proud homeowners of core shelter units through the Core Shelter Assistance Program (CSAP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in partnership with the UN Habitat, and with funding support from the People of Japan. The homeowners received their Certificates of Occupancy during the turnover ceremony continue reading : ‘Yolanda’ survivors in Capiz, Iloilo now have safe homes

Recently, the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Program implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and Management (DSWD) came under attack. Again. More popularly known as 4Ps or Pantawid (Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program), political commentators seized on a report by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) which stated that close to P19 billion of the 4Ps budget continue reading : Pantawid, politics and that P19-B figure

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continues to augment the resources of Local Government Units (LGUs) affected by heavy rains and flooding brought about by ‘Habagat.’ To date, the Department has provided a total of P3,347,378 worth of relief assistance to affected families.  The DSWD has also prepositioned 417,704 family food packs at the continue reading : DSWD continues to augment LGUs affected by ‘Habagat’

A total of 20,449 families or 101,360 persons from the National Capital Region (NCR), Central Luzon, and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) have been affected by heavy rains and flooding brought about by ‘Habagat’ or the southwest monsoon triggered by Typhoon Falcon, as of 8 am today. Of this, 659 families or 2,424 persons are still continue reading : DSWD disaster teams remain on alert for ‘Habagat’