Quezon City – In a press conference on Monday, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon Juliano–Soliman assured Typhoon Yolanda survivors who are still living in tents that they will be transferred to transitional shelters by yearend. To date, around 1,719 displaced families are still living in tents and makeshift houses. Some 4,241 continue reading : DSWD assures ‘Yolanda’ survivors still in tents to have safer homes by yearend

WFP Statement to offer clarification on recent media coverage regarding the use of its funds in the response to Super Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines. MANILA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) wishes to offer clarification on recent media coverage regarding the use of its funds in the response to Super Typhoon Yolanda continue reading : Philippines: World Food Programme Clarification On Yolanda Response Funds

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) today said that 10,546 families from high-risk municipalities are preparing for evacuation as the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) raised  Alert Level 3 around Mayon Volcano in Legazpi City, Albay. Level 3 status means that the volcano is showing relatively high unrest and that magma continue reading : DSWD on alert over Mt. Mayon

Typhoon Luis already exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) yesterday morning but left 39,453 families or 186,536 persons affected in Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Southern Tagalog, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), and National Capital Region (NCR). According to Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman, DSWD has provided 630 family continue reading : ‘Luis’ exits PH, relief ops continue for affected families

Cagayan de Oro City —  Kagayan Evangelical Disaster Response Network (KEDRN), a non-government organization (NGO) here,   built lofts for free as an added feature to the core shelter units constructed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for survivors of Typhoon Sendong. “We want to help transform the lives of ‘Sendong’ survivors by continue reading : NGO builds lofts in DSWD core shelters for ‘Sendong’ survivors

Tacloban City, Leyte – Some 50 youths belonging to indigenous groups of Mamanwas, Badjaos, and Manobos said that they became  more aware of their rights and privileges after attending the recently concluded three-day Indigenous Youth Conference organized by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Jomalyn Bernaldo, 13, a Mamanwa from Caibiran, Biliran, said continue reading : DSWD orients indigenous youths on their rights, privileges

With monsoon rains forecasted by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAG-ASA)  to affect Metro Manila, the Cordillera Region, Northern, Southern, and Central Luzon,  the Department of Social Welfare and Development  (DSWD) continues to closely coordinate with its Field Offices (FOs) in these areas to prepare for the needed relief supplies. To date, concerned continue reading : DSWD preps for monsoon rains

On their fifth year of marriage, Michael Dennis and Cecil Sucgang of Paranaque City were faced by their inability to conceive a child. Dennis was diagnosed with “azoospermia”, a medical condition of a man not having any measurable level of sperm. The diagnosis came as quite a shock to everyone, especially to Dennis, who expected continue reading : Adoptive couple becomes advocates of legal adoption

Zamboanga City – One year after the armed conflict between the military and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF)-Misuari faction here, new communities have risen in various areas established by the government as transitional and permanent resettlement sites for families who lost their homes. In Barangay Tulungatong, a transitional site, for instance, where 412 families have continue reading : One year after: Zamboanga City rises from the ashes of armed of conflict