ILOILO CITY – Seventy-one persons were rescued from human trafficking across Western Visayas region by a council under the auspices of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in 2022. “Majority of them were women,” said Xzyrabelle M. Servento, secretariat of the Regional...
With the goal of benefiting both low-income college students and struggling or non-reader grade school students, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), in collaboration with the Department of Education (DepEd), launched the pilot run of the “Tara, Basa!” tutoring program on...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) awarded five local government units (LGUs) in Western Visayas for their efficient mechanisms in delivering social services. DSWD-6 Director Carmelo Nochete led the awarding during the Pagdayaw 2023: A Night of Recognition...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Monday, July 31, directed the immediate delivery of additional food packs to local government units (LGUs) hit by floods in Ilocos Region, Central Luzon, and Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR). The National Resource...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office IV-A gave P10,000 cash assistance to the bereaved families of passengers who perished in the recent motorbanca mishap in Binangonan, Rizal. Photo courtesy of DSWD A total of 18 families from Talim Island received the assistance,...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) disbursed cash assistance and family food packs to families in northern Luzon who were distraught by typhoon Egay. Photo courtesy of DSWD On Saturday, July 29, an estimated 1,000 families from Ilocos Norte received monetary assistance from DSWD...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has distributed aid worth an estimated P2.53 million to victims of the monsoon rains and flood triggered by typhoon “Egay” in Western Visayas. THE Quick Response Team (QRT) packs rice for food packs at the DSWD-6 warehouse...
Typhoon Egay victims in Ilocos Norte were assured of the implementation of cash-for-work program to provide them with alternative means of livelihood, said Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Friday, July 28. “We expect that cash-for-work program to be...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Thursday, July 27 ordered the immediate delivery of 20,000 family food packs (FFPs) to the typhoon-affected communities in Ilocos Region. (Photo courtesy of DSWD/Facebook) Gatchalian directed the Disaster Response and...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian assured that the department has taken all necessary measures to ensure that the beneficiaries of the food stamp program are data-driven and free from political intervention. (Photo from DSWD/Facebook) In the post-State of...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) delivered 17,000 food packs to four warehouses in Cagayan Valley on Wednesday, July 26, as augmentation assistance to local government units (LGUs) in the region ravaged by typhoon Egay (international name: Doksuri). According to DSWD-Disaster...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian directed all regional directors on Saturday, July 22, to be on high alert for the possible effects of tropical storm Egay. This is after the state weather bureau warned that Egay could intensify into a super typhoon by...
