The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is currently monitoring all areas along the path of Tropical Storm Basyang  and is ready to immediately send relief goods to augment the resources of local government units  (LGUs),  when needed. To date, LGUs in affected areas still have the capacity to address the needs of their respective constituents. Nonetheless, continue reading : DSWD ready to assist LGUs hit by ‘Basyang’

To strengthen the campaign to eradicate child pornography in the Philippines, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will host today the launch of the first ever Safer Internet Day at the Central office, Batasan Hills, Quezon City. On February 5, 2018, President Rodrigo Duterte signed Proclamation No. 417 declaring the second Tuesday of February every continue reading : New Proclamation ‘Safer Internet Day for Children Philippines’ boosts campaign against child pornography

To celebrate a different but special kind of love this February, hundreds of adoptive families, legal adoption supporters, and advocates held a parade in tribute to the love that exists between parents and children unrelated by blood during the “Walk for Legal Adoption” at the SM By the Bay, Mall of Asia Complex over the continue reading : DSWD successfully launches 2018 Adoption Consciousness Celebration, supports plan to streamline legal adoption process

To strengthen the campaign to eradicate child pornography in the Philippines, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will host today the launch of the first ever Safer Internet Day at the Central office, Batasan Hills, Quezon City. On February 5, 2017, President Rodrigo Duterte signed Proclamation No. 417 declaring the second Tuesday of February every continue reading : New Proclamation ‘Safer Internet Day for Children Philippines’ boosts campaign against child pornography

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has activated its Quick Response Teams (QRT) in regions along the track of Tropical Storm ‘Basyang’ which is expected to landfall tomorrow morning in the CARAGA Region. As of today’s 10am report from the DSWD Disaster Response Assistance and Management Bureau (DReAMB), tropical storm warning signal number 1 is hoisted over continue reading : DSWD activates response teams for ‘Basyang’

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is finalizing  the guidelines to govern the implementation of the Unconditional Cash Transfer  (UCT) Program provided for by the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law . “We are finalizing the guidelines so that beneficiaries can already receive their cash subsidy and use it for their basic continue reading : DSWD expedites guidelines on grant of cash subsidy under TRAIN

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Officer-in-Charge Emmanuel Leyco assured the public that the current issue of low supply of rice from the National Food Authority (NFA) will not affect disaster relief operations in Mayon and other areas. “DSWD uses NFA rice for the family food packs which the agency distributes to families affected continue reading : Current low supply of NFA rice will not hamper Mayon, other disaster relief ops – DSWD

To reinforce the implementation of Cash-for-Work (CFW) for families and individuals affected by the eruption of Mayon Volcano, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) issued Supplemental Guidelines which state that the rate of assistance for CFW beneficiaries will be increased from 75 to 100 percent of the prevailing regional minimum wage rate which continue reading : DSWD hikes Cash-for-Work wage rate for Mayon evacuees

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) signed yesterday a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with GT Foundation, Inc. (GTFI) and  Metrobank Foundation, Inc., for the 2018 Bags of Blessings (BOB) Project. Every year,  GT Foundation and Metrobank Foundation, partner with the DSWD for their yearly gift-giving activity, a tradition set by the said institutions in celebration continue reading : DSWD, GT Foundation, Metrobank Foundation to give Bags of Blessings to 10,000 poor families

As Presidential Political Adviser Francis Tolentino has instituted the “Adopt a Municipality” strategy for Mayon disaster operations, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has adopted the town of Guinobatan, Albay. The Adopt-A-Municipality strategy aims to expedite the provision of the needed augmentation assistance to the municipalities affected by the Mayon volcano eruption.  With government continue reading : Adopt-a-Municipality: DSWD adopts Guinobatan