As heavy rains spawned by ‘Habagat’ or the southwest monsoon continue to prevail, a total of 20,243   families or 101,032 persons, as of 4pm today,  from 91 barangays in the National Capital Region (NCR), Central Luzon, and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) have been affected by the weather disturbance. Of this, 377 families composed continue reading : 30 evacuation centers open for ‘Habagat’ evacuees

With the onset of the rainy season, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) as vice-chair of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), assures that response measures are in place to ensure provision of timely and appropriate interventions to disaster-affected families in an orderly and coordinated manner. During the recently concluded continue reading : DSWD bares response efforts for rainy season

‘Does Pantawid deliver the intended results? The evidence says yes,’ writes the country director of the Asian Development Bank It’s time to set the record straight on the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino conditional cash transfer program – one of the biggest of its kind in the world, and an increasingly effective weapon in the fight against continue reading : Pantawid’s promise to reduce poverty

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon Juliano- Soliman, together with Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Mar Roxas, was in La Union yesterday  to check on the status of families affected by Tropical Storm Egay. Local government executives of San Juan, Bacnotan, and Bauang briefed the two secretaries on the continue reading : Sec. Soliman checks on situation of families hit by ‘Egay’ in La Union

A total of ₱1,493,649.50 worth of relief supplies  has been provided as of  July 7, 4 am, to families affected by Tropical Storm Egay. This came from  the combined resources of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) which provided  ₱812,512.50 worth of disaster relief  while local government units (LGUs) extended  ₱681,137. As of continue reading : Relief ops in ‘Egay’-hit areas continue

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman assured the survivors and the families of the victims of the Ormoc City sea mishap of continuing assistance as they go through this difficult situation. On July 3, DSWD-Field Office (FO) VIII Assistant Regional Director for Operations Resty Macuto visited the survivors and the bereaved families continue reading : DSWD assists bereaved families, survivors of Ormoc sea tragedy

Some 100,125 family food packs are available at the Field Offices of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Regions I, II, and III and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), ready for distribution to local government units along the path of Tropical Storm Egay. To ensure that families affected by the tropical storm continue reading : DSWD disaster teams ready to assist LGUs in 'Egay's' path

For James Beni Wilson, courage was all that he needed to overcome his deep-rooted fear of knowing his past. Adopted as a baby, Beni, as he is fondly called by his friends, was raised in the United States of America (USA) but decided to embark on a journey back to the Philippines to complete his continue reading : A journey back home

Bringing food on the table is a primary concern of every family,  more so for a poor family with little or no income at all to sustain nutritious meals. To help address this, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) included the topic “Bio-Intensive Gardening (BIG)” in its enhanced modules for Family Development Sessions continue reading : Humble backyard garden provides food on the table, generates additional income

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) would like to address recent media reports about the Pantawid conditional cash transfer (CCT) program, that have created false impressions about how program funds have been used. ADB reiterates its full support for the program, which has helped improve the health, education and job opportunities of nearly 4.5 million poor families continue reading : Statement by Richard Bolt, ADB's Philippines Country Director, on Pantawid Conditional Cash Transfer Program