The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Academy has started a paralegal course that will equip social welfare and development practitioners with practical skills that are crucial in navigating legal complexities in their field of work. The second batch of 30 trainees from various local government units (LGUs) across the country have received their continue reading : DSWD Academy now offers paralegal course for social workers
Families affected by the July 14 fire incident in Barangays 5 and 7 in Cavite City receive on Monday (July 15) the relief assistance provided by the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Field Office – CALABARZON. The relief aid amounting to more than Php5.5 million consisted of family food packs (FFPs), sleeping kits, continue reading : DSWD sends Php5.5M in aid to fire-hit families in Cavite City
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has started releasing the cash-for-work (CFW) of college tutors and Youth Development Workers (YDWs) under the agency’s Tara, Basa! Tutoring Program. “We have started distributing the first tranche of the cash-for-work of our college tutors and YDWs as the opening of classes is also approaching. This way, continue reading : DSWD releases cash-for-work for tutors of Tara, Basa! Program
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Monday (July 15) renewed the agency’s call for the protection and upholding of the rights of persons with disability at all times during the opening of the Philippine Disability Convention and Expo (ConEx) at the SMX Convention in Pasay City. “Each of us carries continue reading : DSWD chief underscores protection of rights, dignity of persons with disabilities at ConEx
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Undersecretary for International Affairs, and Attached and Supervised Agencies (IAASA) Emmeline Aglipay Villar and Pasay City Mayor Imelda “Emi” Calixto-Rubiano lead the ribbon cutting of the first Philippine Disability Expo and Convention (ConEx) on Monday (July 15) at the SMX Convention in Pasay City. The ribbon cutting marks continue reading : DSWD, Pasay LGU open 1st Philippine Disability Expo and Convention
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has handed out more than Php27 million in relief assistance to residents affected by flash flood and landslide incidents due to the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) and the southwest monsoon affecting parts of Mindanao and the Visayas region, an official of the agency’s Disaster Response Management continue reading : DSWD extends Php27M in aid to flood, landslide-hit families in Vis-Min
Members of the Quick Response Team (QRT) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Field Office – CALABARZON reaches out on Sunday (July 14) to the evacuees of a fire incident in Barangays 5 and 7 in Cavite City. The QRT members also conducted a Rapid Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis (RDANA) to continue reading : DSWD reaches out to fire-hit families in Cavite City
Local officials of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) commended the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for the speedy response of its three regional directors in coming to the aid of flood-hit families in the provinces of BARMM. DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian said the commendation of the BARMM officials for the continue reading : BARMM local officials commend DSWD’s 3 regional directors for speedy response to flood-hit families in Mindanao
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian joins Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Secretary Anton Lagdameo who led the ceremonial distribution of cash aid under the agency’s Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) as well as relief supplies to families affected by the southwest monsoon in Matanog, Maguindanao del Norte on continue reading : DSWD chief, SAP Lagdameo lead aid-giving in flood-hit Maguindanao del Norte
The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) field offices in Mindanao have been in quick response mode as several provinces, including those in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), experienced flooding this July due to heavy rains brought about by the southwest monsoon. DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian has directed the regional directors continue reading : DSWD Mindanao field offices on quick response, round-the-clock mode to provide aid to flood-affected families
