In an effort to foster peace in armed-conflict regions in the country, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continues to assist former members of various non-state groups, violent extremist groups, and adults and children in armed conflict situations. “This year alone, we have provided cash assistance and family food packs (FFPs) to more continue reading : Over 4K MILF, MNLF ex-combatants get various aid from DSWD in 2024
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has already extended over 1 million boxes of family food packs (FFPs) to families affected by Tropical Cyclones Marce, Nika, Ofel, and Pepito, an agency official reported on Monday (December 2). “Based on our latest tally, we have already released 1,007,121 family food packs in response to continue reading : DSWD food packs released to disaster-hit areas breach 1M mark
The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Field Office 5 – Bicol Region distributed on Friday (November 29) Php4.9 million in livelihood assistance to 245 Bicolano farmers and fisherfolk whose livelihoods were severely affected by the series of typhoons that battered the country in the recent months. Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) Assistant Secretary continue reading : DSWD gives Php4.9M in livelihood aid to 245 typhoon-hit farmers, fisherfolk in Bicol
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is set to launch its newest initiative to ensure food security during disasters and calamities through the ready-to-eat food (RTEF) packs on Monday (December 2) at the SMX Convention Center, the Mall of Asia complex in Pasay City. Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao continue reading : DSWD to launch ready-to-eat food packs at nat’l convention on climate change mitigation
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Saturday (November 30) joins President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr in a visit to fire-hit families from Isla Puting Bato who are currently staying at the evacuation center in Delpan in Tondo, Manila. Secretary Gatchalian assisted President Marcos as the chief executive went around the continue reading : DSWD chief joins PBBM’s visit to fire-hit families in Isla Puting Bato in Tondo
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is celebrating this year’s Social Welfare Week through a mix of traditional and digital activities that aim to spotlight the crucial role of social workers in nation-building. In a memorandum issued by DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian, the Department will observe the week-long celebration from November 25 to continue reading : DSWD celebrates Social Welfare Week; spotlights role of social workers in nation-building
The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) National Training School for Boys (NTSB) celebrated its 55th Founding Anniversary on Friday (November 29). The NTSB is a residential care facility managed by the DSWD Field Office CALABARZON. It provides protection and parental care to children in conflict with the law (CICLs) to help them through rehabilitation in continue reading : DSWD’s Nat’l Training School for Boys celebrates 55th anniversary
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Asst. Secretary for International Affairs and Attached and Supervised Agencies (ASAs) Elaine Fallarcuna and Juvenile Justice and Welfare Council (JJWC) Executive Director Atty. Tricia Clare Oco thanked the national government agencies, local government units, non-government organizations, development partners, and other stakeholders for supporting the 13th Juvenile Justice and continue reading : DSWD, JJWC thank partners for successful 13th JJWeek celebration
Senior officials of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) enjoined the public on Friday (November 29) to support the amended Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act (JJWA) which caters to the interest of children in conflict with the law. In her message to partners during the culminating event of the 13th Juvenile Justice and Welfare continue reading : DSWD execs rally support for juvenile justice and welfare
Forty-nine social workers of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC), and the National Authority for Child Care (NACC), two of the DSWD’s attached agencies, received their Post-Graduate Diploma in Child Protection on Friday (November 29). Through the scholarship grants provided by the United Nations Children’s continue reading : 49 DSWD social workers finish post-graduate course in child protection
