In a simple hand-over ceremony on Tuesday, February 28, at the National Resource Operations Center (NROC) in Pasay City, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian received donated material handling equipment from United Nation’s World Food Programme (UN-WFP) Representative and Country Director Brenda Barton. The DSWD and WFP signed the deed of continue reading : DSWD grateful to World Food Programme for material handling equipment
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. shakes hands with one of the beneficiaries of the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) as he checks out the products on sale at the launching of KADIWA ng Pangulo in Cebu City on February 27, 2023. Kadiwa is an initiative of the continue reading : President Marcos meets DSWD’s livelihood program beneficiaries during Kadiwa product caravan in Cebu
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continues to provide augmentation support to localities in Visayas and Mindanao affected by a low pressure area (LPA). According to the February 22, 2023 report of the Disaster Response Operations Monitoring and Information Center (DROMIC), the DSWD augmented over P8.1 million worth of food and non-food items continue reading : DSWD continues to provide augmentation support to LGUs affected by LPA
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the focal agency representing the Philippines in the ASEAN Sectoral Body on Social Welfare and Development, hosted the virtual consultation in cooperation with the ASEAN Social Work Consortium, the ASEAN Secretariat and with the support of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) East Asia and Pacific Regional continue reading : DSWD, ASEAN representatives conclude Regional Inter-Sectoral Consultation to strengthen roles of social workers, wider social service workforce
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian, joined by officials and personnel of DSWD Field Office XI, distributed aid to families affected by the magnitude 6.0 earthquake that hit Davao de Oro on February 1, 2023. On Monday, February 20, 2023 the DSWD provided financial assistance to 490 beneficiaries at the Municipal continue reading : Secretary Gatchalian leads aid distribution in Davao de Oro
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian gave a stern warning against scammers who spread text messages about ‘unclaimed’ cash aid to target vulnerable sectors such as senior citizens. “We will make sure to prosecute you to the fullest extent ng batas kaya ‘wag na kayong magkakamali na mahuli namin kayo (of continue reading : Secretary Gatchalian to go after text scammers targeting senior citizens
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continues its resource augmentation to assist local government units (LGUs) in their relief operations to families affected by the Trough of a Low-Pressure Area (LPA) that brought heavy rains in the Visayas and Mindanao Regions. Currently, the DSWD has already provided more than ₱1.8 million worth of continue reading : DSWD continues augmentation of relief aid to localities affected by Trough of LPA
Fifty-three-year-old Jungie, a resident of Barbaza, Antique, openly confessed to getting involved with illegal drugs, which eventually resulted in his painful separation and estrangement from his family. Jungie used to work as a public utility vehicle (PUV) driver, and a loving husband to Joy and caring father to two boys and one girl. His only continue reading : DSWD’s Yakap Bayan Program helps former drug surrenderer find redemption
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) immediately activated the Quick Response Teams (QRT) of DSWD Field Office V after a magnitude 6.0 earthquake jolted some areas in Masbate, at around 2 AM on Thursday, February 16, 2023. Likewise, the DSWD promptly coordinated with the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) and continue reading : DSWD disaster teams immediately activated after magnitude 6 quake in Masbate
In its continuing efforts to improve the Agency’s disaster and relief response, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian visited the Philippine Red Cross Operations Center in Mandaluyong City on Wednesday, February 15, 2023. The purpose of the visit was to check the facilities and resources of the Operations Center of the continue reading : DSWD Secretary Gatchalian visits Philippine Red Cross Operations Center
