“It is important for an adopted child to feel he/she is truly loved, na anak silang totoo (that they are true children) wanted by the families who adopted them.” This was the gist of the message of Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman during the signing of a memorandum of agreement among continue reading : DSWD, partner agencies push for stronger advocacy on legal adoption

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman believes that if negotiations on the peace process is derailed, it would impede the gains that the government has achieved in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). Sec. Soliman cited that because the situation has stabilized, 416,637 families have benefited from the Pantawid Pamilyang continue reading : DSWD supports peace talks in ARMM to sustain efforts for the poor

Puerto Prinsesa, Palawan – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS), one of its major poverty alleviation programs, recently conducted a forum in the city earlier this month to raise the environmental awareness of its key officials and staff and its community continue reading : DSWD’s Kalahi-CIDSS raises new set of environmental warriors

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has released P1.4 billion in emergency shelter assistance (ESA) to local government units (LGU) in Western Visayas for the survivors of Typhoon Yolanda. Under the guidelines, beneficiaries of the ESA are families who have no permanent source of income or whose income is below the poverty threshold continue reading : P1.4-B shelter aid released for ‘Yolanda’ survivors in W. Visayas

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) leads the nation in the observance of 2015 Adoption Consciousness Week Celebration from February 17 to 28. The theme for this year’s celebration is “Legal na Ampon Ako: Anak na Totoo” (A Child Finds Worth in Legal Adoption), which emphasizes that adopted children have the same rights as continue reading : DSWD kicks off Adoption Consciousness Week celebration

Once, Gay Myrell Abrogena and Mary Rose Cabrera believed that getting a college degree was just an elusive dream. Now the two teachers are ready to give back to their communities, thanks to the Students Grant-in-Aid Program for Poverty Alleviation (SGP-PA). Myrell and Mary Rose belong to families who are beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang continue reading : Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries now licensed teachers