The different  Field Offices of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) nationwide are  currently conducting assessment activities at the provincial and municipal levels to determine further additional requirements  for food assistance and implementation of Cash-for-Work (CFW) in drought-stricken areas. DSWD Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman reiterated that the Department has adequate funds to augment the continue reading : DSWD ready to provide more support for drought-hit LGUs

Twenty-one-year old Jomalyn is the eldest daughter among the eight siblings in the Lucena family. Her heart has been torn into pieces many times when she saw her siblings eating root crops from breakfast to dinner. There were times when they only get to eat rice just once in a day. She knew she had continue reading : Former nanny tops her class

For solo parents like Roselyn Victorino of Pasay City and Norelyn Genturalez of Maasin, Zamboanga City, raising their children on their own is a tough responsibility. Both of them share the same hardships and challenges as solo parents. Both women, however, are grateful that they have found life partners in fulfilling their roles. “Ang Department of continue reading : Single moms find 'partners' in life

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and local government units (LGUs) in  Region XII which are experiencing drought due to the El Niño phenomenon  have strengthened their collaborative efforts to speed up delivery of assistance to affected families. DSWD-Field Office XII Regional Director Bai Zorahayda Taha met on Tuesday with North Cotabato Govenor continue reading : DSWD, LGUs intensify aid for families affected by drought

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) recently announced that there have been 3,139 grantees of the Expanded Students Grants-in-Aid Program for Poverty Alleviation (ESGP-PA) who will graduate from college ending the school year 2015-2016. Ninety of these students have graduated with academic honors and awards. The graduates are from the households under the continue reading : 3,000 Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries graduate from college

The recent second round of household assessment for Listahanan or the National Household Targeitng System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) showed that a total 1,511,320 beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program have improved their status to “non-poor”. This figure represents a large percentage (36%) of the continue reading : DSWD’s Listahanan identifies 1.5-M Pantawid Pamilya families lifted from poverty

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) releases today the profile of targeted poor families based on the result of the LISTAHANAN second round of assessment implemented in 2015. The second assessment, which covered 15.1 million households, identified 5.1 million targeted poor households nationwide. This latter figure translates to 5.5 million targeted poor families continue reading : DSWD launches results of the 2nd nationwide assessment

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continues to extend support to local government units (LGUs) of areas in the country that have been experiencing drought due to the El Niño phenomenon. “Since October 2015, the DSWD has released a total of P599,919,584 worth of assistance to LGUs for the affected families,” explained Secretary continue reading : DSWD continues to assist drought-stricken areas