Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman clarified that street dwellers being reached out by the agency are provided access to different government programs and services, and not sent on vacation, contrary to a misattributed quotation that came out in a national broadsheet today. “We continue to emphasize that families being rescued continue reading : Homeless are provided services, not vacation – Sec. Soliman

Tanauan, Leyte – Barely two years after Typhoon Yolanda ravaged Eastern Visayas, survivors from this 2nd class town are slowly showing signs of full recovery. One clear sign is the building of safer communities in various relocation sites around town. Town Mayor Pel Tecson said that as a leader of the town, he believes that recovery starts by rebuilding continue reading : How ‘Yolanda’ survivors in Tanauan got ahead of building back better

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has enough relief supplies to augment the resources of the local government of Surigao del Sur for the families affected by the civil unrest in the province. This is in response to the report that food supply is running low in evacuation centers. The DSWD, in coordination continue reading : DSWD has enough relief for displaced Lumads in Surigao del Sur

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman clarified that the provision of P4,000 rental aid to homeless families is not a strategy to hide them during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit next week. “The P4,000 rental aid is a component of the Modified Conditional Cash Transfer for Homeless Street Families (MCCT-HSF) that began continue reading : P4,000 rental aid for homeless families started in 2012 – DSWD

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman urges the public to validate the initial results of the 2nd round of assessment of poor families or the Listahanan which will be made available this November. The Department, which conducted an assessment of 15.3 million households since April this year, will post announcements in continue reading : DSWD calls on public to validate list of poor families

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through its Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) has released P154,160,000 to fund the livelihood projects of some 21,462 survivors of Typhoon Yolanda in Northern Cebu. SLP is a community-based capacity building effort that seeks to improve the program participants’ socio-economic status. Under the SLP, the Cash for Building continue reading : DSWD pours in P154M for livelihood of ‘Yolanda’ survivors in N. Cebu

The Commission on Audit gives a nod to the internal audit processes of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), saying that they find these as evidence-based, precise, and well-organized. DSWD’s Internal Audit Service (IAS) conforms to the Philippine Government Internal Audit Manual (PGIAM) as reviewed by the Commission on Audit’s Quality Assurance Review continue reading : COA cites DSWD internal audit office

Hilongos, Leyte – Some 297 survivors of Typhoon Yolanda in this town received P70,000 each for the construction of their new homes under the Core Shelter Assistance Project (CSAP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in partnership with local government units (LGUs) and with funding support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The continue reading : DSWD, ADB undertake housing project for ‘Yolanda’ survivors