The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) warns the public anew on text scams that continue to circulate. The text message contains the following: “Congratulations, from President Noy-Noy Aquino Foundation 4Ps Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, your sim # won P950,000 as second prize winner in the Handog Pangkabuhayan raffle promo, DTI P#9513 s’12. Please continue reading : DSWD warns public anew of text scams

The National Committee on the Filipino Family (NCFF) chaired by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)  enjoins  the whole nation to celebrate the National Family Week this September by holding activities that promote family unity and harmony. The National Family Week is a yearly celebration pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 60 signed on continue reading : DSWD, NCFF enjoin public to celebrate Family Week this September

MANILA – Following their experience in Typhoon Yolanda, Mayor Gene Fuentes, local chief executive of Tangalan, Aklan, is advocating for the use of the community-driven development (CDD) strategy in disaster preparation and recovery. CDD is a development strategy that puts power back in the hands of the people by giving them the opportunity to decide continue reading : Aklan mayor advocates for community-driven development as a disaster recovery strategy

Like other areas in the Eastern Visayas region, Laoang in Northern Samar is vulnerable to strong typhoons and disasters. Unfortunately, the municipality is no stranger to both literal and figurative storms, as it is also devastated by extreme poverty. As such, the residents and the local government unit (LGU) welcomed the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive continue reading : CDD lessons armed Laoang communities to battle poverty, disaster

MANILA – Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman said that empowering the communities affected by Typhoon Yolanda through its program, Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS), remains a priority of the Agency. After the onslaught of Typhoon Yolanda in 2013, the DSWD expanded the Kalahi-CIDSS implementation continue reading : DSWD continues to empower, support communities affected by ‘Yolanda’

This was the main message of Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman during the recently held Galing Pook local governance fair entitled, ​“Mamamayan, Mamamayani” wherein DSWD’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program and the Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) were showcased. Pantawid Pamilya is a human continue reading : Community empowerment is key to good governance – DSWD

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reiterated that the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, the country’s Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program, contributes to poverty reduction and that complementary programs should be developed for the holistic response to the problem. During the DSWD budget deliberation yesterday at the House of Representatives, various sectors and some lawmakers continued continue reading : Pantawid Pamilya contributes to poverty reduction – DSWD

Following alleged anomalous activities on the implementation of the Emergency Shelter Assistance (ESA) in Western Visayas, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Field Office VI through its Regional Grievance Committee has organized nine Fact Finding Teams to investigate the cases. The DSWD-Field Office received 96 complaints such as inclusion of ineligible beneficiaries and exclusion of continue reading : Investigation of alleged anomalies on ESA ongoing

Following reports that a congresswoman is calling for an inquiry on the evaluation of households qualified for social protection programs and services such as the Pantawid Pamilya, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) clarified that it applies the enumeration strategy of saturation or total enumeration in all rural barangays and pockets of poverty in urban continue reading : DSWD clarifies enumeration strategy used to assess poor families

MANILA – Tech company IBM recently provided technical assistance to the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through its Corporate Service Corps. The IBM Corporate Service Corps volunteered to provide assistance to Kalahi-CIDSS in helping improve its data analytics and program continue reading : IBM Corporate Service Corps provides technical assistance to Kalahi-CIDSS