“To address the needs of street families and street children, we must make sure to use a whole-of- government approach. Multi-stakeholder strategy ang kailangan natin dito at dapat community-based (We must apply a multi-stakeholder and community-based strategy).” This was one of the important points shared by Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Assistant Secretary continue reading : Reaching out to street dwellers must be a collective effort among LGUs, NGAs, private sector – DSWD
DSWD supports Solo Parents Day celebration
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) together with partner agencies, Department of Health (DOH), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA), is holding an Information and Serbisyo Caravan at the Quezon City Hall Quadrangle as the Department’s way of showing support to Solo Parents Day celebration on April 22. continue reading : DSWD supports Solo Parents Day celebration
DSWD to complete distribution of P5,000 financial aid for ‘Yolanda’ survivors by end of June 2017
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) hopes to complete by the end of June 2017 the distribution of P5,000 financial assistance to survivors of Super Typhoon Yolanda in Regions VI, VII, VIII, and the Negros Island Region (NIR) who have not received Emergency Shelter Assistance (ESA) from the government. DSWD Undersecretary for the continue reading : DSWD to complete distribution of P5,000 financial aid for ‘Yolanda’ survivors by end of June 2017
Validation of quake-damaged houses continues in Batangas
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), in coordination with the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) of Batangas, is now assisting the provincial local government in the validation of damaged houses and infrastructures affected by the twin earthquakes that hit the province on April 8. Based on the updated report sent continue reading : Validation of quake-damaged houses continues in Batangas
Staff training important for more efficient delivery of social services –DSWD Sec. Taguiwalo
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo underscored the importance of continuously providing learning opportunities to DSWD employees in order to improve the quality of social services it provides to poor Filipinos. “In order to deliver more effective social services to those in need, the DSWD continues to provide different trainings continue reading : Staff training important for more efficient delivery of social services –DSWD Sec. Taguiwalo
DSWD’s Libreng Gamot Para sa Masa benefits 2,000 indigents; program still on-going
Some 2,137 individuals have already benefited from the Libreng Gamot Para sa Masa (Lingap) Program implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Lingap is a project of President Rodrigo Duterte that provides P1-billion to fund medicine assistance for indigent patients who need help to buy their medication. It is implemented in six continue reading : DSWD’s Libreng Gamot Para sa Masa benefits 2,000 indigents; program still on-going
DSWD, LGUs now serving 500 families affected by AFP continuing ops vs Abu Sayyaf in Bohol
The continuing joint operations of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) in pursuit of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) has already affected the residents of 51 barangays in the municipalities of Clarin, Inabanga, Sagbayan (Borja,) and Tubigon in Bohol. Through its Field Office (FO) in Region VII, the continue reading : DSWD, LGUs now serving 500 families affected by AFP continuing ops vs Abu Sayyaf in Bohol
4Ps beneficiaries finish technical vocational courses; get livelihood support from DSWD
“Nandito ang Sustainable Livelihood Program ng DSWD para tulungang makatayo sa kanilang sariling paa ang mahihirap nating kababayan sa pamamagitan ng mga programang iniaalay nito (The Sustainable Livelihood Program of the DSWD is here to help our poor fellow citizens to stand on their own feet through the different programs it offers).” This was the continue reading : 4Ps beneficiaries finish technical vocational courses; get livelihood support from DSWD
Relief assistance continues to arrive in quake-affected barangays in Lanao del Sur
Relief assistance continues to pour in Lanao del Sur almost a week after the 6.0-magnitude earthquake that hit the municipality of Wao leaving several damaged houses and infrastructures. Earlier today, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) organized a mission team under its Disaster Response Assistance and Management Bureau (DREAMB) to fly to Cotabato continue reading : Relief assistance continues to arrive in quake-affected barangays in Lanao del Sur
DSWD execs join Pres. Duterte in Batangas to visit family of soldier killed in Bohol encounter
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Assistant Secretary for Special Concerns, Jose Antonio Hernandez, together with Field Office (FO) CALABARZON Regional Director Leticia T. Diokno, joined President Rodrigo R. Duterte earlier today to give comfort and assurances of the government’s support to the family of slain 2Lt. Estelito Saldua, Jr. The 23-year-old soldier from Barangay continue reading : DSWD execs join Pres. Duterte in Batangas to visit family of soldier killed in Bohol encounter
