President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. joined by Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian, heads to Baseco Port in Manila on Saturday (December 14) to personally oversee the distribution of frozen mackerels to residents of Barangay 649 in Tondo. Each of the 21,000 families were able to take home 2-kilos of frozen continue reading : PBBM, DSWD chief oversee distribution of frozen mackerels to 21k families in Tondo
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian was among the Cabinet officials who joined President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Saturday (December 14) as the chief executive inspected the Php178.5 million worth of confiscated mackerel at the Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) in Tondo, Manila. Around 21 containers with tons of frozen mackerel continue reading : DSWD chief joins PBBM in inspection of Php178M-worth of seized mackerels at Manila Port
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian reiterated on Friday (December 13) that the agency is the sole implementer of the Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP). “Iyong buong amount na Php26 billion, lahat yan ay DSWD ang magpapatupad, hindi po ang mga pulitiko, hindi po ang mga public servants continue reading : DSWD is the sole implementer of AKAP- Sec. Gatchalian
In the sleepy town of Real in Quezon province, a group of women-beneficiaries under the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) turned their fate around as their broom-making business drove them from their humble beginning toward their sweeping success. This is the story of the Maragondon Dragon Grass Association, a continue reading : Real Life Stories – How women broom-makers achieved sweeping success through DSWD’s livelihood project
The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) ongoing digitalization of social protection delivery systems will further speed up the agency’s services to clients, a senior official of the DSWSD said on Thursday (December 12). Asst. Secretary for External Assistance and Development Juan Carlo “JC” Marquez said the Beneficiary Fast, Innovative, Responsive, Service Transformation or continue reading : Digitalization of social protection delivery systems to speed up services to clients
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) assured the public on Friday (December 13) that its Field Office-12 (SOCCSKSARGEN) is closely monitoring the situation of families affected by a recent landslide in Sultan Kudarat. “We received a report that a landslide incident occurred on Wednesday (December 11) in Barangay Pamatingan, Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat which continue reading : DSWD monitors families affected by landslide in Sultan Kudarat
The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Field Offices 6-Western Visayas and 7- Central Visayas deployed psychosocial first aid responders to help children and other vulnerable individuals cope with the trauma caused by the recent restiveness of Mt. Kanlaon in Negros Island. In La Carlota City, Negros Occidental, DSWD FO-6, in coordination with the continue reading : DSWD deploys psychosocial responders to aid kids in Kanlaon evac centers
A total of 409 former combatants from the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) have received financial aid under the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) cash-for-work (CFW) program last December 10. The recipients of the cash grants were decommissioned combatants from Regions 10-Northern Mindanao and 12-SOCCSKSARGEN who have successfully engaged in CFW activities at continue reading : 409 ex-MNLF combatants get cash aid under DSWD’s cash-for-work program
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in the Philippines convened for the Year-End Review Meeting on Outcome 3 of the Work Plan on Child Protection at the Joy Nostalg Hotel, Ortigas Center in Pasig City on Wednesday (December 9). The meeting served as a valuable platform continue reading : DSWD, UNICEF conduct 2024 Yearend Review of Work Plan on Child Protection
An official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s attached agency explained on Thursday (December 12) the proper procedures in handling cases involving children in conflict with the law (CICLs). Atty. Tricia Clare Oco, executive director of the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Council (JJWC) told reporters at the DSWD’s Thursday Media Forum on December continue reading : DSWD’s attached agency explains proper handling of cases involving children in conflict with the law
