The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) extends its warmest gratitude to groups, individuals, and public and private organizations who gave aid to families affected by armed conflict in Marawi City through the Department. “Lubos ang ating pasasalamat sa mga grupo at indibidwal at kanilang pamilya na nagbibigay tulong sa ating mga kapatid na continue reading : DSWD acknowledges local donors for assistance to Marawi crisis-affected families

    Children want: Peace, not war Prosperity, not destruction Hugs, not slaps and punches Together, we can build as one, ASEAN This was the main message of a group of children delegates who presented their views and recommendations to eliminate all forms of child violence during the Seventh (7th) Cross-Regional Roundtable on Violence Against continue reading : Children call for strengthened ASEAN partnership to end child violence

Social workers from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and staff of the  Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) were at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 this morning where they assisted the 62 overseas families or 153 individuals who arrived from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)  at around 6:45 am today. continue reading : DSWD social workers assist latest batch of repatriates from Saudi Arabia

Following the earlier announcement of Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo on the provision of a one-time cash assistance worth P1,000 to families displaced by the ongoing armed conflict in Marawi, the Department ​is now draft​ing the guidelines to ensure proper and smooth distribution of the aid to the evacuees. The cash assistance, continue reading : DSWD drafts guidelines for systematic distribution of cash aid to Marawi crisis evacuees

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo announced that the Department will be providing financial assistance worth P1,000 to families displaced by the still ongoing armed conflict in Marawi City intended for their purchase of food during the Ramadan season. This will be undertaken through the Department’s Assistance to Individuals in continue reading : DSWD to provide one-time cash aid to Marawi crisis evacuees during Ramadan

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has released, as of May 31,  a total of P54,223,617.15 for the medicine requirements of  some 8,326 indigent patients from Regions III, VI, VII, XI and the National Capital Region (NCR) under its Libreng Gamot Para Sa Masa (Lingap Sa Masa) program Lingap is a project of continue reading : DSWD releases P54M for Libreng Gamot Para sa Masa program

Apart from continuously assisting the families displaced by the still ongoing armed conflict in Marawi City, Lanao Del Sur, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is also attending to the needs of residents in Maguindanao who have been affected by the latest heavy flooding in the province. As of 6 am yesterday, the continue reading : DSWD delivers relief aid to families affected by latest flooding in Maguindanao

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo (third row, fifth from left) welcomes chairs of ASEAN sectoral bodies, representatives of regional organizations, representatives of international and national non-government organizations (NGOs), representatives from the Republic of Korea, and child participants and mentors from the ten ASEAN Member States and the Republic of continue reading : ​DSWD Sec. Taguiwalo welcomes delegates of the Seventh High-Level Cross-Regional Roundtable on Violence against Children

Medical researches reveal that children and adolescents exposed to armed conflict are at high risk of developing mental health problems.  The traumatic experiences they encountered often stay with them until they grow up, unless properly addressed. To help the children cope with the trauma caused by their experiences, the Department of Social Welfare and Development continue reading : DSWD conducts stress debriefing sessions, play therapy for children, individuals affected by the armed conflict in Marawi

Around 1,400 students, college graduates and previously unemployed and out of school-youth graduates of vocational courses recently graduated from the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Government Internship Program (GIP). This was after they   completed 30 days of service. The GIP interns in the DSWD Central Office and in each of the Department’s continue reading : Government Internship Program empowers youth towards active citizenship