First Bahay Pag-Asa Center for CICL in Bicol Region soon to rise in Camarines Norte

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Council (JJWC) signed yesterday a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Province of Camarines Norte for the construction of a Bahay Pag-Asa Center, the first for Bicol Region. Bahay Pag-Asa is a 24-hour continue reading : First Bahay Pag-Asa Center for CICL in Bicol Region soon to rise in Camarines Norte

DSWD to Filipinos: 4Ps is just one of our many programs for you

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) urged the public, especially the poor, to avail of other social protection programs and services of the agency other than the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). “We are doing our best to promote the other programs of the DSWD that are not conditional and do not have continue reading : DSWD to Filipinos: 4Ps is just one of our many programs for you

Welfare Secretary appeals on behalf of eight senior citizens arrested last Monday in Tandang Sora

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo today issued an appeal on behalf of the eight senior citizens who were arrested last Monday afternoon, April 3, 2017, when the Quezon City Police District Station 7 raided their urban poor community in Barangay Apollo, Tandang Sora. The senior citizens are now on continue reading : Welfare Secretary appeals on behalf of eight senior citizens arrested last Monday in Tandang Sora

Statement of DSWD Sec. Judy Taguiwalo on Lumad camp-out in front of DSWD Central Office

Some 70 Lumad led by the people’s organization PASAKA from the Southern Mindanao Region (SMR) have set up camp in front of the main gate of the DSWD Central Office in protest of what they point out to be the slow delivery of much needed assistance to their communities. The PASAKA together with other Lumad continue reading : Statement of DSWD Sec. Judy Taguiwalo on Lumad camp-out in front of DSWD Central Office

Women gather in Malacanang for Digong’s Day for Women; Pres. Duterte vows to protect women’s rights

An estimated 1,000 women from the different regions of the country as well as women’s sectoral groups, such as indigenous women, urban poor, government employees, and solo parents participated in “Digong’s Day for Women” held at Malacanang Palace ​on​ March 31. ​The activity was conceptualized to provide women leaders the opportunity to bring to the attention of the President the continue reading : Women gather in Malacanang for Digong’s Day for Women; Pres. Duterte vows to protect women’s rights

Sec. Taguiwalo visits Filipinas in Bangkok Women’s Correctional; vows to provide needed assistance

Last Friday, March 31, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo visited the Bangkok Women’s Correctional and personally met with 24 Filipinas currently imprisoned on different cases. Sentences have already been declared on the cases of all but two; and 19 of the cases are drug-related. The youngest of the Filipinas continue reading : Sec. Taguiwalo visits Filipinas in Bangkok Women’s Correctional; vows to provide needed assistance

DSWD’s Government Internship Program to benefit more than 1,400 youth this summer

  Starting this April, around 1,440 youth, 18 to 25 years old, will have opportunities to work in the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Central and Field Offices under the Government Internship Program (GIP). The GIP is one of the components of the Kabataan 2000 program of the government which was developed to continue reading : DSWD’s Government Internship Program to benefit more than 1,400 youth this summer

DSWD Sec. Taguiwalo urges women to stand up for their rights beyond being wives, mothers

“What we need to emphasize and make the greatest number of Filipino women realize is that women have the right to enjoy human rights as full human rights. We should not allow our rights to be reduced to the rights of wives and mothers, as these are actually quite limited and subordinate to the dominant continue reading : DSWD Sec. Taguiwalo urges women to stand up for their rights beyond being wives, mothers

Myanmar’s Relief and Resettlement Department conducts study visit in DSWD warehouse

A delegation from Myanmar Government headed by Director Win Htein Kyaw of the Relief and Resettlement Department (RRD) recently had a learning visit at the National Resource Operations Center (NROC) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)  in Pasay City. Eunice Angcao, Finance and Quality Control Head of NROC briefed the delegates on continue reading : Myanmar’s Relief and Resettlement Department conducts study visit in DSWD warehouse

DSWD issues supplemental guidelines on release of P5,000 cash aid to ‘Yolanda’ survivors

Following the conduct of  its validation activities, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has issued Memorandum Circular No. 08 or the Supplemental Guidelines ​ensuring the efficient and speedy implementation of the P5,000​ Presidential Financial Assistance (5KPFA) to Typhoon Yolanda-affected households in Regions VI, VII, VIII, and Negros Island Region (NIR). The 5KPFA is the provision of P5,000 continue reading : DSWD issues supplemental guidelines on release of P5,000 cash aid to ‘Yolanda’ survivors