“Ang pagpuksa ng kahirapan ay manggagaling sa pagtutulungan ng gobyerno at mamamayan. (The eradication of poverty will come from the joint efforts of the government and the citizens).” This was the message of DSWD Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman during the National Consultation with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) for the DSWD 2017 budget preparation held on March continue reading : Sec. Soliman pushes for closer ties with CSOs

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) commits to sustain its partnership with local government units and citizens in helping ensure that their basic needs will be met through the continuation of implementation of the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) even amidst the elections. Kalahi-CIDSS is implemented by continue reading : Kalahi-CIDSS to continue amidst elections

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman appealed to local government units (LGUs), especially to the barangays, to be more vigilant in keeping children off the streets. This is in response to the several incidents involving children on the streets throwing stones at vehicles if they are not given money by the owners/drivers. continue reading : Active involvement of LGUs vital to stop stone-throwing incidents -DSWD

Every child deserves a loving family that is ready to support him/her become the person that s/he wants to be. But there are some children who are not as lucky as others and are not in such ideal family setting.  By some horrible turn of events, the parent sometimes becomes the perpetrator of abuse. Such continue reading : Abused girl regains hope, self-worth at DSWD center

March 2, 2016 Ms. NINEZ CACHO-OLIVAREZ Editor-in-Chief The Daily Tribune Port Area, Manila Dear Ms. Cacho-Olivarez: We are writing to clarify the issue raised in your newspaper editorial, “Dinky’s LP streak shows”, which was published on February 29. The editorial mentioned that the Commission on Audit (COA) report on the Department of Social Welfare and continue reading : Letter to Daily Tribune

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has provided a total of P1,980,000 worth of relief assistance to families in Lanao del Sur affected by the armed clashes that started on February 20 between the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and an insurgent group in the area. In an interview with media during continue reading : DSWD assists families caught in armed conflict in Lanao del Sur

TACLOBAN CITY – Amanda Gorely, the newly-appointed Australian Ambassador to the Philippines, visited partner-beneficiaries of the three biggest programs of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), namely Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS), Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, and Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) in Eastern Visayas last February 22. continue reading : New Australian ambassador visits DSWD partner-benes in E. Visayas

MANILA – The project of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) funded by the Government of the United States of America (USA) through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is set to end by May 2016. Implemented by the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS), the community-driven development (CDD) continue reading : US-funded project through Kalahi-CIDSS set to end by May 2016

As the lead agency in social protection and chair of the Inter-agency Council Against Child Pornography (IACACP), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and its partner agencies and non-government organizations (NGOs) are intensifying their advocacy campaign against child cyber pornography. “The Department, together with its partners, are continuously conducting advocacy activities to raise continue reading : DSWD, partners intensify campaign against online child abuse