The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is closely working with the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) for the logistics and the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) for the distribution of safe potable drinking water to the affected population of Sto. Domingo, Albay. Residents from the said municipality are currently experiencing a water continue reading : DSWD to augment LGU to ease water shortage in Sto.Domingo, Albay
DSWD turns over new homes to survivors of disasters
Around 200 families living in hazardous seaside areas in three barangays in Manay, Davao Oriental received last week their Certificates of Occupancy to their new homes built through the Modified Shelter Assistance Program (MSAP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Davao Oriental Governor Nelson L. Dayanghirang led the distribution of certificates. He was continue reading : DSWD turns over new homes to survivors of disasters
DSWD continues to provide care, recovery assistance to Davao blast victims
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continues to monitor the needs of the Davao blast victims which killed 15 and injured 91 individuals. Weeks after the Davao City night market bombing which shook the nation, DSWD has already conducted psychosocial interventions such as stress debriefing sessions to the survivors and their families as continue reading : DSWD continues to provide care, recovery assistance to Davao blast victims
Sec. Taguiwalo witnesses completion of skills training of Zambo siege survivors
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo personally congratulated the 320 internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Zamboanga City who completed their technical skills training program yesterday which was initiated and funded by the DSWD Regional Office IX in partnership with the Zamboanga City local government, the Technical Education and Skills Development continue reading : Sec. Taguiwalo witnesses completion of skills training of Zambo siege survivors
Students receive financial aid after ‘Ferdie’ onslaught
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through its Protective Services Program (PSP), continues to extend aid to typhoon victims in Batanes, this time for students who lost their school supplies and uniforms during the onslaught of Typhoon Ferdie. According to Social Welfare and Development (SWAD) team leader in Region II, Rosemarie Bartolome, around continue reading : Students receive financial aid after ‘Ferdie’ onslaught
Relief ops in Basilan, Sulu continue
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)- Field Office (FO) IX is currently repacking additional family food packs for the families displaced by the ongoing military operations against the Abu Sayyaf (ASG). The FO targets 25,000 food packs for ready augmentation to affected local government units (LGUs) in Basilan and Sulu Provinces. The FO continue reading : Relief ops in Basilan, Sulu continue
Lumad evacuees in Surigao del Sur return home; to continue to receive aid from DSWD
As the lead agency in social protection, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) plays a significant role in assisting the more than 500 Lumad families who have returned to their villages after staying at the Tandag Gymnasium for a year. On September 1, 2015, an estimated 730 families with 3,466 persons were forced continue reading : Lumad evacuees in Surigao del Sur return home; to continue to receive aid from DSWD
DSWD to conduct stress debriefing to ‘Ferdie’-hit survivors in Batanes
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is set to provide stress debriefing to Typhoon ‘Ferdie’ survivors in Batanes. Five social workers who were trained on Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) in DSWD Field Office (FO) II will be deployed to help relieve the stress and trauma experienced by the typhoon victims. CISD is continue reading : DSWD to conduct stress debriefing to ‘Ferdie’-hit survivors in Batanes
More aid delivered to Batanes; relief reaches Itbayat
This morning, September 19, the DSWD National Resource Operations Office (NROO) was able to airlift additional 200 boxes of corned beef and generator sets to Batanes as requested by the provincial government and the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council Response Cluster during the first relief mission to the island on September 17. Also continue reading : More aid delivered to Batanes; relief reaches Itbayat
DSWD Sec. Taguiwalo says hundreds of OFWs still stranded in Saudi; Department makes recommendations for follow-up actions
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo today echoed the recommendations made by the DSWD team that participated in the recent Humanitarian Mission of the Rodrigo R. Duterte government to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The objective of the mission is to bring home stranded overseas Filipino workers affected by the continue reading : DSWD Sec. Taguiwalo says hundreds of OFWs still stranded in Saudi; Department makes recommendations for follow-up actions
