To ensure the timely receipt of conditional cash grants, Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) household-beneficiaries should regularly update their personal information, an official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said on Wednesday (January 15). “Kung sila man ay lumipat ng tirahan, kailangan magreport sila kasi kung hindi, hindi nila matatanggap ang kanilang continue reading : DSWD exec tells 4Ps members to update their personal info to receive cash grants
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Wednesday (January 15) expressed hope in securing stronger private sector buy-in for the ‘Walang Gutom’ Kitchen as he met with partner-organizations to discuss ways to stabilize food supply in the newly-opened soup kitchen in Pasay City. While fast food chains and other establishments have continue reading : DSWD chief hopes more private sector buy-in for ‘Walang Gutom’ Kitchen
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian meets with organizations and private sector-partners of the Walang Gutom Kitchen on Wednesday (January 15) to discuss ways on how to stabilize the food supply in the newly-opened soup kitchen in Pasay City. Secretary Gatchalian asked the officials of the Philippine Hotel Owners Association (PHOA) continue reading : DSWD chief meets partners to discuss ways to stabilize food supply in Walang Gutom Kitchen
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Chief Representative Takema Sakamoto led on Wednesday (January 15) the signing of the agreement for the implementation of the ‘Gabay’ Project or “Establishing the Community-Based Juvenile Intervention Facilitator System for Children in Conflict with the Law (CICL) and Children continue reading : DSWD, JJWC, JICA, ACTION seal partnership project for children in conflict with the law
The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Visayas Disaster Resource Center (VDRC) will be dispatching another batch of family food packs (FFPs) to Negros Island on Wednesday (January 15) for the completion of the target 100,000 FFPs for Mt. Kanlaon relief operations. Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao said these food continue reading : DSWD-VDRC to complete delivery of 100K food packs to Negros Island for Mt. Kanlaon relief ops
Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary (DSWD) Rex Gatchalian met on Tuesday (January 14) with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr and other Cabinet officials to discuss the outcomes of the agency budget review in relation to the 2025 General Appropriations Act and the 2025 National Expenditure Program (NEP). During the meeting, President Marcos said continue reading : DSWD chief meets with PBBM to discuss agency budget review of 2025 GAA, NEP
In its continuing effort to provide appropriate intervention programs to vulnerable individuals, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has partnered with the academe and private sector for the development of training manuals aimed at enhancing the capabilities of the multidisciplinary teams managing the different client cases in the agency’s centers and residential care continue reading : DSWD to capacitate multidisciplinary teams in care facilities for enhanced services
The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) plan for a unified identification (ID) card system for persons with disabilities will help boost the efficiency in the delivery of basic services to the vulnerable sector through digitalization. DSWD Secretary Gatchalian said the unified ID system will have a standardized look and a digital counterpart to continue reading : Unified ID system to provide efficient service delivery for persons with disabilities – DSWD chief
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian has reiterated that the Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) is a laudable step that allows low-income earners or the ‘near-poor’ sector to also avail of the social protection services of the government. “Itong AKAP kasi, social protection ‘to, trabaho ng estado yan continue reading : AKAP aims to help ‘near-poor’ Pinoys from slipping back to poverty
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will continue looking for ways to improve further the delivery of services to families affected by disasters and other emergencies taking off from a record-breaking accomplishment of being able to deliver close to 8 million family food packs (FFPs) in 2024 alone. In an interview on Monday continue reading : DSWD chief eyes better disaster response in 2025 amid record-breaking 8M food packs delivered in 2024
