As the road to recovery of Batanes continues after the devastation brought by Typhoon Ferdie, the provincial government requested for the immediate implementation of cash-for-work (CFW) and emergency shelter program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to hasten the shelter reconstruction and rehabilitation works in the area. Under the CFW, the beneficiaries continue reading : Batanes requests for cash-for-work and emergency shelter assistance for survivors of ‘Ferdie’
DSWD continues to provide care, recovery assistance to Davao blast victims
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continues to monitor the needs of the Davao blast victims which killed 15 and injured 91 individuals. Weeks after the Davao City night market bombing which shook the nation, DSWD has already conducted psychosocial interventions such as stress debriefing sessions to the survivors and their families as continue reading : DSWD continues to provide care, recovery assistance to Davao blast victims
Students receive financial aid after ‘Ferdie’ onslaught
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through its Protective Services Program (PSP), continues to extend aid to typhoon victims in Batanes, this time for students who lost their school supplies and uniforms during the onslaught of Typhoon Ferdie. According to Social Welfare and Development (SWAD) team leader in Region II, Rosemarie Bartolome, around continue reading : Students receive financial aid after ‘Ferdie’ onslaught
DSWD to conduct stress debriefing to ‘Ferdie’-hit survivors in Batanes
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is set to provide stress debriefing to Typhoon ‘Ferdie’ survivors in Batanes. Five social workers who were trained on Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) in DSWD Field Office (FO) II will be deployed to help relieve the stress and trauma experienced by the typhoon victims. CISD is continue reading : DSWD to conduct stress debriefing to ‘Ferdie’-hit survivors in Batanes
More aid delivered to Batanes; relief reaches Itbayat
This morning, September 19, the DSWD National Resource Operations Office (NROO) was able to airlift additional 200 boxes of corned beef and generator sets to Batanes as requested by the provincial government and the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council Response Cluster during the first relief mission to the island on September 17. Also continue reading : More aid delivered to Batanes; relief reaches Itbayat
DSWD Sec. Taguiwalo says hundreds of OFWs still stranded in Saudi; Department makes recommendations for follow-up actions
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo today echoed the recommendations made by the DSWD team that participated in the recent Humanitarian Mission of the Rodrigo R. Duterte government to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The objective of the mission is to bring home stranded overseas Filipino workers affected by the continue reading : DSWD Sec. Taguiwalo says hundreds of OFWs still stranded in Saudi; Department makes recommendations for follow-up actions
DSWD vows strengthened relief ops in Batanes
After the successful arrival of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) relief team in Batanes, the agency vows to strengthen its relief mission, in coordination with the provincial government of Batanes and other member agencies of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), in delivering relief items and providing augmentation support continue reading : DSWD vows strengthened relief ops in Batanes
DSWD’s efforts to help Batanes ongoing
As chair of the Response Cluster under the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reported that the relief mission to Batanes was successfully carried out today. The relief airlift on board a C130 left Villamor Airbase at 12:30 noon today. The relief included 600 family continue reading : DSWD’s efforts to help Batanes ongoing
Relief assistance for families affected by Typhoon Ferdie in Batanes underway
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo today said that assistance to our kababayans in Batanes affected by Ferdie and Gener are on the way. As of this writing, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (NDRRMC) team is set to take off via C130 from Villamor Airbase in Pasay with 1,000 continue reading : Relief assistance for families affected by Typhoon Ferdie in Batanes underway
DSWD maintains close monitoring of Batanes; says Filipinos should take proactive measures in calling on government units for assistance
Still reeling from the effects of Typhoon Ferdie, Batanes now bears the brunt of Typhoon Gener. This has prompted the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to intensify its coordination with the local government of Batanes for the provision of relief support to meet the needs of families affected by the two typhoons. The continue reading : DSWD maintains close monitoring of Batanes; says Filipinos should take proactive measures in calling on government units for assistance
