The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said it is expanding its processing centers to accommodate more families and individuals in street situations as it steps up efforts to provide them with shelter, support, and reintegration assistance. DSWD Assistant Secretary and spokesperson...
Government technology (GovTech) reforms in the Philippines’ Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) have generated tens of millions of dollars in annual savings by plugging leakages, while improving the targeting of beneficiaries as well as curbing corruption and fraud, according to the World...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said its response teams are ready to assist communities that may be affected by the rains brought by a low-pressure area (LPA). The agency said 4.8 million food packs are available nationwide for augmentation to local government units that may...
The Philippine government has several programs to combat child undernutrition. The two largest are the Supplementary Feeding Program (SFP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the School-Based Feeding Program (SBFP) of the Department of Education (DepEd). The SFP targets...
As President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. prepares to deliver his State of the Nation Address (SONA), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) highlighted its accomplishments in the government 's continuing fight against hunger and poverty, investment in human capital, protection of...
Over five million poor and low-income households have received financial support under the government 's Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) over the past four years, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said on Sunday, July 26. From July 2022 to May 2026, the 4Ps...
A ₱5,000 cash relief assistance (CRA) distributed by the government to help drivers cope with the fuel price shock has largely succeeded in keeping transport workers on the road, but almost two-thirds of beneficiaries said the amount was insufficient to cover their operating costs, according to...
The first ₱2,000 payout under the government’s Unified Package for Livelihood, Industry, Food, and Transport (UPLIFT) Assistance has started to be distributed manually to 2.5 million poor and near-poor households, but their next five monthly payments will be sent digitally, the Department of...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has started distributing P2,000 cash aid for near-poor households in Western Visayas. An initial 2,198 beneficiaries received assistance under the United Package for Livelihoods, Industry, Food, and Transport (UPLIFT) program...
BAGUIO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Cordillera Administrative Region (DSWD-CAR) on Monday said it has kicked off the distribution of P2,000 cash aid to 53,212 beneficiaries of the first two groups under the Unified Package for Livelihood, Industry, Food, and...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 10,285 near-poor households in three local government units (LGUs) are the initial beneficiaries of the national government’s Unified Package for Livelihoods, Industry, Food, and Transport (UPLIFT) cash assistance in Negros Occidental. Data of the Department of Social...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is now preparing the security measures for the manual distribution of cash assistance for qualified beneficiaries across the country starting this week. PNP chief Gen. Jose Melencio C. Nartatez, Jr. said he already directed all concerned police units to...
