In an effort to provide better welfare services to vulnerable sectors, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has improved its centers and residential care facilities (CRCF) and will establish new ones under the CRCF Infrastructure Project. DSWD’s CRCF Infrastructure Project aims to give better care and welfare services to marginalized and disadvantaged individuals, continue reading : DSWD inaugurates new and improved centers, facilities for vulnerable sectors

Some 3,570,646 or 94 percent of 3,796,791 indigent senior citizens nationwide including the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), have been validated, as of August 22, 2019, to be eligible beneficiaries of the Social Pension program being implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Social Pension is a program under Republic continue reading : DSWD continues validation of Social Pension beneficiaries

DSWD Undersecretary Luzviminda C. Ilagan delivers her message honoring women humanitarian workers as part of the World Humanitarian Day celebration. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) joined the celebration of the 2019 World Humanitarian Day (WHD) held on August 19. WHD 2019 honors humanitarian workers, especially women throughout the world, who risk their continue reading : DSWD joins World Humanitarian Day celebration, honors women humanitarian workers

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) have started releasing the cash cards with Europay, Mastercard, and Visa (EMV) microchips to the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in the second quarter of this year. “To enable our beneficiaries to access their cash grants continue reading : DSWD, Land Bank upgrade 4Ps cash cards to EMV

Tatay Mario working hard to finish one of his masterpieces.  Pieces of wood, chisel, hammer, and other carving tools are the reliable and constant companion of Mario G. Namaggo or Tatay Mario, a local sculptor, who grew up in Ifugao but now resides, together with his family, in Sta. Ana, Cagayan. The scars on Tatay Mario’s continue reading : Carving a better future

(Photo 1) Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista (middleground) and Datu Generoso Itong of the Maayamnon Tribe sign the Regional Peace and Order Council X’s resolution condemning Communist Party of the Philippines-New Peoples’ Army (CPP-NPA) atrocities in Northern Mindanao.  (Photo 2) Secretary Rolando Joselito Bautista (2nd from right), together continue reading : DSWD launches Convergence Areas for Peace and Development; turns over core houses to Typhoon Chedeng survivors in Bukidnon

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will ensure the smooth transition to the National Commission of Senior Citizens of the functions, programs, projects, and activities being undertaken by the Department for the formulation, implementation, and coordination of social welfare and development (SWD) policies and programs for the poor, vulnerable, and disadvantaged senior citizens. continue reading : DSWD to ensure smooth transition of functions, programs to National Commission of Senior Citizens

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Undersecretary Aimee Torrefranca-Neri (left) and Ambassador William Lima, Philippines’ Special Envoy to China (right) present a special token featuring the T’nalak cloth of South Cotabato to Ms. Zhang Guangping, Deputy Director General of the International Poverty Reduction Center in China after a successful learning exchange of programs and continue reading : DSWD programs earn praise from Chinese counterparts

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (right) and Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista (left) visit the wake of the 13 casualties of the Guimaras tragedy to sympathize and to extend government assistance to the bereaved families.  Also in photo are (from left) Presidential Assistant Michael Diño, IloIlo City Mayor Jerry Trenas, continue reading : President Duterte, DSWD Sec. Bautista visit victims of Guimaras sea incident

In line with the Administration’s thrust to foster sustainable peace and development, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) are set to forge a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the implementation of the Department’s Socio-Economic Programs for Normalization on the Bangsamaro, as anchored under continue reading : DSWD, OPAPP ink agreement to implement socio-economic interventions for MILF decommissioned combatants