The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) welcomes the current administration’s budget of more than P196 billion for its implementation of social protection programs and services. The DSWD vows to judiciously utilize the budget for the operations of its programs which include the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP), Supplementary Feeding continue reading : DSWD welcomes P196B budget for 2023
DSWD thanks DBM for timely release of P151B budget for social protection programs
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) thanked the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) for its timely release of funds worth more than P151 billion for the implementation of social protection programs and services. The timely release of the funds will redound to the benefit of the poor and vulnerable sectors as they continue reading : DSWD thanks DBM for timely release of P151B budget for social protection programs
DSWD hosts ASEAN Inter-Sectoral Consultation to develop Regional Guidance to strengthen social workers, wider social service workforce
In line with its role as the focal agency representing the Philippines to the ASEAN Sectoral Body on Social Welfare and Development, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is set to host the ASEAN Inter-Sectoral Consultation for the Finalization of two outcome documents on February 7 and 8, 2023, in cooperation with the continue reading : DSWD hosts ASEAN Inter-Sectoral Consultation to develop Regional Guidance to strengthen social workers, wider social service workforce
Newly appointed DSWD Secretary Gatchalian meets with agency execs
Following his appointment as the new head of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Secretary Rex Gatchalian met with the undersecretaries of the Agency on his first day, on Wednesday, February 1, 2023 where he was briefed on the operations of the Department as well as on the programs and services being implemented. continue reading : Newly appointed DSWD Secretary Gatchalian meets with agency execs
DSWD Secretary Gatchalian shares thrusts, vision with members of the media
Newly appointed Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian outlined his major thrusts and priorities to improve the quality of service of the Agency for the poor and the vulnerable sectors, during his first press briefing on Friday, February 3, at the DSWD Central Office. To better serve the clients, Secretary continue reading : DSWD Secretary Gatchalian shares thrusts, vision with members of the media
DSWD, UP Law to assist kids get support from foreign or Filipino parents outside PH
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Officer-in-Charge Eduardo M. Punay (2nd from left) and UP Law Center Dean Edgardo Carlo Vistan II (2nd from right), together with DSWD Operations Group Undersecretary Jerico Francis Javier (left) and Department of Foreign Affairs – Office of Treaties and Legal Affairs Assistant Secretary Roussel Reyes (right), present the continue reading : DSWD, UP Law to assist kids get support from foreign or Filipino parents outside PH
DSWD provides aid to former private armed group members
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Assistant Secretary Dianne Rose Cajipe hands over the Department’s financial assistance to a former private armed group member in Camp Datu Akilan Ampatuan, Brgy. Poblacion Mother, Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao, on Monday, January 30. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) provided social protection services to surrendered private continue reading : DSWD provides aid to former private armed group members
DSWD’s SHIELD program serves more than 1,400 child laborers in 2022
Some of the victim-survivors of child labor who were identified and provided with various interventions in Carcar City, Cebu Province by DSWD-Field Office VII through the Strategic Help Desks for Information, Education, Livelihood, and other Developmental Interventions or SHIELD Against Child Labor. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through its Strategic Help Desks continue reading : DSWD’s SHIELD program serves more than 1,400 child laborers in 2022
