The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) represented by Director Zenaida Arevalo of Regional Office IX recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the 52ndEngineering Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Philippines represented by Col. Reynaldo Mutiangpili for the construction of the 96 bunkhouses for victims of the armed conflict in Zamboanga who are continue reading : DSWD, AFP Engineering Brigade ink MOA for construction of bunkhouses for Zambo evacuees

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)- Disaster Risk Reduction and Response Operations Director Restituto Macuto (center) accepts the P210,000 check donation from Panasonic Manufacturing Philippines Corporation (PMPC) President Nobuo Yasuhira (third from left) for earthquake victims in Central Visayas. Aside from the check donation, the company also donated 35 cases of Panasonic Portable LED continue reading : DSWD accepts donations for quake victims in Central Visayas

Twenty five families  with members who died at the height of TS ‘Santi’ will soon receive their P10,000 financial assistance from Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Initially, on Friday, October 18, DSWD team went to Concepcion, Tarlac and San Miguel, Bulacan to personally hand over the financial aid to five bereaved families.  The DSWD continue reading : DSWD distributes financial aid to ‘Santi’ victims in Central Luzon

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Central Visayas has continued sending family food packs to victims of earthquake that struck the island province last week. As of October 21, the DSWD has poured in almost P7 million worth of relief goods in Bohol. A total of 25,957 family food packs were already continue reading : DSWD pours in 7M aid to earthquake victims in Bohol

Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Corazon Juliano – Soliman receives the P6 million peso- check from Senate President Franklin Drilon intended for the victims of the earthquake in Central Visayas and TS ‘Santi’ in Central Luzon. Witnessing the turn-over are (from left) Senate Secretary-General Oscar G. Yabes, Senate Majority Leader Allan Peter Cayetano, Senator Ralph Recto continue reading : DSWD receives P6 million from Senate for victims of TS 'Santi' and earthquake

As more relief goods and relief workers reached the affected areas in Bohol after the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that hit Cebu and Bohol last Tuesday, added help for the quake victims continue to pour in both from the government and private sectors. For five days, the DSWD and Bohol Provincial Government distributed 87,157 family packs continue reading : Soliman orders 10,000 family packs everyday for deployment to Bohol

In its efforts to strengthen partnerships in the implementation of its Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) recently hosted the Social Innovation Forum: Inclusive Business for the Gainful Employment of SLP Beneficiaries at the Eastwood Richmonde Hotel. The Social Innovation Forum was a venue to engage the existing and continue reading : DSWD holds Social Innovation Forum

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman and Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas met with the interagency disaster management team in Bohol to discuss right approaches to address the needs of quake victims. Secretary Soliman recognized the presence of the humanitarian team of the United Nations headed by Resident and continue reading : Secretaries Soliman, Roxas meet with interagency disaster team in Bohol

Some 87,157 family food packs have been distributed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Provincial Government of Bohol to families affected by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake in the province, according to Secretary Dinky Soliman during a press conference yesterday. Secretary Soliman was in the province yesterday to lead in the continue reading : 87,157 food packs distributed to quake victims in Bohol

In a meeting with Sec. Corazon ‘Dinky’ Juliano-Soliman of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Ms. Rebeca Grynspan, United Nations (UN) Undersecretary General and Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), expressed support for the government’s Conditional Cash Transfer Program (CCT), known locally as Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, and underscored its continue reading : UN exec supports Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, says conditional cash transfer breaks cycle of poverty