Newly-confirmed Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian on Tuesday emphasized that it is high time for the government to increase the budget for the Supplementary Feeding Program (SFP) to ensure that its goal of addressing hunger and malnutrition in the country is attained. “Iyong masabi lang na may feeding program pero continue reading : Addressing hunger and malnutrition, DSWD priority – Sec. Gatchalian

Social workers of the Department of Social Welfare and Development  (DSWD) Field Office III assess the rescued alleged labor trafficked victims in Clark Sun Valley Hub Corporation located at the Clark Freeport and Special Economic Zone, Mabalacat, Pampanga, on May 4, to determine their needed assistance. More than 1,000 victims of a ‘scam hub’ earlier continue reading : DSWD assists more than 1,000 rescued victims of ‘scam hub’ in Pampanga

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN-FAO) are collaborating to scale up efforts in institutionalizing the Anticipatory Action (AA) approach in the Philippines. In operationalizing the DSWD-FAO collaboration, more than a hundred specialists from a community of AA practitioners will gather for the 6th National continue reading : DSWD, UN-FAO to scale up efforts to institutionalize ‘Anticipatory Action’

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian, the Philippine ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Leader, led the country’s delegation to the  29th ASCC Meeting in Bali, under Indonesia’s ASEAN Chairmanship, on Monday, May 8. Secretary Gatchalian later delivered a country statement before the delegates and participants to the 29th ASCC Meeting. The ASCC continue reading : DSWD Secretary Gatchalian speaks before the 29th ASCC Meeting in Indonesia

DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian administers the Oath of Office to newly-appointed Undersecretary Monina Josefina H. Romualdez on Tuesday, May 2 at the DSWD Central Office. Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian administered the oath-taking of newly appointed Undersecretary Josefina H. Romualdez on May 2 at the DSWD Central Office in Batasan, continue reading : Secretary Gatchalian swears in newly-appointed Undersecretary

Ngayong araw ay opisyal na binuksan ang kauna-unahang karagdagang satellite office ng DSWD Bulacan sa Star Mall sa siyudad ng San Jose Del Monte (SJDM) para sa mga bulnerable at nangangailangang mamamayan nito.  Tugon ito ng DSWD Region 3 sa proklamasyon ni DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian na dapat siguraduhin ng DSWD na laging handa ang continue reading : Karagdagang DSWD satellite office sa Bulacan opisyal nang binuksan ngayong araw

Left Photo: DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian (left) and OPAPRU Acting Secretary Isidro Purisima lead the renewal of partnership in the implementation of socio-economic interventions under the MILF Normalization Program on Tuesday, May 2, at the DSWD Central Office. Right Photo: (From left to right) DSWD Undersecretary for Inclusive-Sustainable Peace and Special Concerns Alan Tanjusay, DSWD continue reading : DSWD, OPAPRU renew commitment for MILF Normalization Program

(First Photo) DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian welcomes UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Country Representative Dr. Lionel Dabbadie (fourth from right), Assistant FAO Representative for Programs Tamara Palis-Duran (third from right), Social Policy and Program Coordinator Ruth Honculada-Georget (second from right), and Project Development and Coordination Support Pauline de Guzman during a courtesy visit at continue reading : DSWD, FAO reaffirm partnership to strengthen disaster preparedness