Screenshot from @cutiemu21/Tiktok The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said it is prepared to provide psychosocial support to a child vendor seen being shooed away by a mall security guard in a viral social media video on Thursday, Jan. 16. Secretary Rex Gatchalian directed the...
ILOILO CITY – Walang Gutom, a flagship program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to address hunger among vulnerable families, has expanded to Iloilo province. VULNERABLE families in Batad town, Iloilo province, beneficiaries of the DSWD Walang Gutom program, purchase food...
Programs under the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) should be excluded from the unprogrammed appropriation next year, President Marcos said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) "DSWD programs should no longer [be] in the unprogrammed...
Photo from Pixabay The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has released the guidelines for the distribution of the First 1,000 Days (F1KD) conditional cash grants under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), which will begin this January. The guidelines are outlined in...
Ash emissions at Kanlaon Volcano were observed from 10:25 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. on Jan. 8, 2024. (Screenshot from Phivolcs Facebook Page/File) Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian has instructed the agency’s Disaster Response Management Group to expedite the...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has reiterated that mechanisms are in place to protect its programs and services from political interference. DSWD spokesperson Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao said on Thursday, Jan. 9 that these safeguards would ensure the...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has clarified concerns raised in the Commission on Audit (COA) 2023 report, which stated that beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) from 2020 to 2022 were not listed in the “Listahanan 2” database. “All 4Ps...
The Unified Identification (ID) system for persons with disabilities (PWDs) is set to undergo a pilot test from January to June and is scheduled for nationwide rollout in July, a National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) official said on Thursday, Jan. 9. The NCDA is an attached agency of the...
Department of Social Welfare and Development- Disaster Response Operations Monitoring and Information Center (Facebook) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said 4,070 families or 13,246 individuals are still sheltered in evacuation centers due to the ongoing magmatic unrest at...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) are set to develop a refined intake form to assess eligibility for the Ayuda Para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP). This initiative follows a...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) announced on Thursday, Jan. 2, that nearly five million near-poor Filipinos benefited from the “Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program” (AKAP) during its first year of implementation, from January to December 2024. (DSWD / MB Visual Content...
BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development-Caraga has sent 7,600 family food packs for victims of the Kanlaon Volcano eruption in Negros Occidental. THE DSWD-Caraga contributes family food packs for Kanlaon Volcano evacuees. (DSWD-13 FB) DSWD-13 Regional Information Officer...
