The pilot run for the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)'s WALANG GUTOM 2027: Food Provision through Strategic Transfer and Alternative Measures Program (Food STAMP Program) will begin on July 18. The beneficiaries of the pilot testing will be indigents from Tondo, Manila. "We...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has approved the pilot implementation of the food stamp program that will also include single parents, pregnant, and lactating women. President Marcos presides over a sectoral meeting to discuss the food stamp program in Malacañang on June 13, 2023. (Photo...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Wednesday, June 7 said that one objective of the Food Stamp Program (FSP) is to address the oversupply of agricultural products, which frequently go to waste due to lack of market. “We are aware of the reports that...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is modifying the food stamp program to empower beneficiaries and encourage their active participation in nation-building. (DSWD / MB Visual Content Group) Undersecretary Edu Punay said DSWD is currently designing a food program to lessen...
The government is now making adjustments to its food stamp program to lessen the dependence of beneficiaries on government assistance. Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Undersecretary Edu Punay said they are now working on the design of the food program to lessen the dependence of...
The proposed national food stamp program has received close to $3 million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the program's six-month pilot implementation, a Cabinet member said. Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian (Photo courtesy of PCO) "[T]he ADB was...
Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rex Gatchalian (FACEBOOK) The newly appointed Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is hoping to revive the food stamp program to reduce hunger among poor Filipinos. In an ANC interview on Thursday, Feb. 2, DSWD...
