DSWD lauds Caraga LGUs for completing SAP distribution

The Department of Social Welfare and Development commended the local government units (LGUs) in the Caraga Region for completing the distribution of the emergency cash subsidy under the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) to all its intended beneficiaries in the region. DSWD Field Office (FO) Caraga reported that as of May 8, 2020, the LGUs in continue reading : DSWD lauds Caraga LGUs for completing SAP distribution

DSWD receives sanitation tents from International Sanitation and Protection Suppliers

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) received three units of sanitation tents with misting units from the International Sanitation and Protection Suppliers (ISPS). The tents were received by DSWD Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista (center) from ISPS Chairman and President Gio De Leon Colmenares during a simple turnover ceremony at the DSWD Central continue reading : DSWD receives sanitation tents from International Sanitation and Protection Suppliers

DSWD, DILG give LGUs another three days to complete SAP distribution

Arriving  at a consensus  during a  short meeting, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rolando Bautista and Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año have given local government units (LGUs), which have yet to complete the distribution of the emergency subsidy under the Social Amelioration Program (SAP), another three continue reading : DSWD, DILG give LGUs another three days to complete SAP distribution

DSWD advises seniors, PWDs to send representatives to claim SAP

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is reiterating its previous advice and reminder to senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) to refrain from going out and lining-up to claim their emergency subsidy under the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) of the government. Instead, they can send a representative to claim the cash aid continue reading : DSWD advises seniors, PWDs to send representatives to claim SAP

Stranded construction workers in the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman receive hygiene kits and family food packs from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).

DSWD assists stranded students, construction workers in UP

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through the Office of Assistant Secretary for Disaster Response Management Group (OASDRMG), Disaster Response Management Bureau (DRMB) and Field Office (FO) National Capital Region (NCR), facilitated an on-site distribution of family food packs and hygiene kits to the stranded construction workers and students in the University of continue reading : DSWD assists stranded students, construction workers in UP

DSWD supports DILG’s move to extend aid distribution 

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) expressed support to the decision of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to extend the distribution of the emergency subsidy under the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) of the government in consideration to the request of the local government units (LGUs). In the April 30 continue reading : DSWD supports DILG’s move to extend aid distribution 

The residents of Barangay Gambang in Bakun, Benguet Province who waived their slots as beneficiaries of the Social Amelioration Program being implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and Development Office. (Photo from Bakun Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council Facebook Page)

DSWD hails Benguet town residents who waived slots for SAP

The Department of Welfare and Development (DSWD) hailed and expressed its admiration for thirty-five residents of Barangay Gambang in Bakun, Benguet who waived their slots as recipients of the emergency cash subsidy under the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) of the government to make way for other qualified families. The individuals’ families were initially targeted as continue reading : DSWD hails Benguet town residents who waived slots for SAP

DSWD opens new text hotline, email for SAP queries

The Department of Social Welfare and Development announced its new Text Hotline, 0918-912-2813, and the e-mail address, sapgrievances@dswd.gov.ph , to which the public can send text and e-mail messages, respectively, regarding Social Amelioration Program (SAP) concerns. “Earlier, DSWD has published its hotline number,16545, set up through the support of PLDT Enterprise, as well as mobile continue reading : DSWD opens new text hotline, email for SAP queries

STATEMENT OF SECRETARY ROLANDO JOSELITO D. BAUTISTA LABOR DAY CELEBRATION MAY 1, 2020

On behalf of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), I would like to extend a meaningful labor day celebration greetings to all fellow public servants, most especially to the DSWD workforce. Today, we pay tribute to the contributions of all DSWD workers in enabling our partners in social welfare development; in protecting the continue reading : STATEMENT OF SECRETARY ROLANDO JOSELITO D. BAUTISTA LABOR DAY CELEBRATION MAY 1, 2020