A second tranche of more than 500 family food packs and 50 sacks of used clothing were sent to the Higaonon families in Malaybalay City last January 22, 2016, after a tribal feud took place sometime in November last year affecting more than 70 Higaonon families, and resulting three casualties, and injuring two individuals. According continue reading : DSWD sends food packs to victims of tribal feud in Bukidnon
Photo Release: Kalahi CIDSS empowers Sumilao
SUMILAO, Bukidnon – Residents of Sitio Laruk, Barangay Kisolon, listen to the Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services – National Community Driven Development (KALAHI CIDSS-NCDDP) orientation during the 1st Barangay Assembly held in the last quarter of 2015. The year 2015 is a year of transition in terms of continue reading : Photo Release: Kalahi CIDSS empowers Sumilao
FEATURE: Pantawid Pamilya continues to change beneficiaries lives
CAGAYAN DE ORO, 23 January (PIA) – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continues to impact the lives of the poor Filipino families with the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (Pantawid Pamilya). During the regular program of Philippine Information Agency’s Lambo Dyes in Radyo Ng Bayan, two Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries shared their insights on continue reading : FEATURE: Pantawid Pamilya continues to change beneficiaries lives
DSWD advocates drug abuse prevention and anti gender-based violence programs in Lanao town
Lanao del Norte — The Department of Social Welfare and Development has been intensifying its efforts in advocating programs and services at the grassroots level. Recently, Ms. Morena Fernandez of DSWD lobbied and advocated the Family Drug Abuse Prevention Programme (FDAPP) and the Comprehensive Intervention Against Gender-Based Violence (CIAGV) to the local officials of Sapad, this continue reading : DSWD advocates drug abuse prevention and anti gender-based violence programs in Lanao town
DSWD continues encoding and verification for validation of poor households
The Department of Social Welfare and Development through the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTSPR) or Listahanan is now on its final stages of encoding and finalizing the outputs of the recently conducted validation of poor households in the region. The validation phase was the last phase of the DSWD’s second round household assessment wherein continue reading : DSWD continues encoding and verification for validation of poor households
Opinion: Stopping Pantawid would be stupid
Reposting a column written by: Mahar Mangahas of Philippine Daily Inquirer Posted on 01:23 AM January 16th, 2016 Whoever wins the next presidential election, said the distinguished sociologist Randy David, “would not be so stupid” as to stop the Pantawid program. This was in this week’s Conference on Sustaining the Gains of the Conditional Cash continue reading : Opinion: Stopping Pantawid would be stupid
Message of the new Regional Director of DSWD-10
I stand before you today as the new Regional Director of this region (DSWD-10), grateful for the trust and confidence of our leaders (our Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman), humbled by the highest honor any public servant can hope for. I am inspired to take up the greatest challenge of my career as your new leader, but continue reading : Message of the new Regional Director of DSWD-10
Photo Release: Ramos is new Regional Director of DSWD Northern Mindanao
Cagayan de Oro City — Workers of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Northern Mindanao warmly welcome the newly installed Regional Director, Nestor Briones Ramos. Ramos, a former Regional Director of DSWD Eastern Visayas, replaced the vacated position of Atty. Araceli F. Solamillo who is now assigned as the Regional Director of continue reading : Photo Release: Ramos is new Regional Director of DSWD Northern Mindanao