As the lead agency that promotes and protects the welfare of the poor, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) encourages the Local Government Units (LGUs) in Zamboanga Peninsula to utilize the former’s database of poor households produced by the Listahanan, an information management system that determines who and where the poor are in continue reading : DSWD urges LGUs to utilize poor households’ database

179 beneficiaries of Department of Social Welfare and Development from the Municipality of Katipunan graduated from a technical vocational skills training course, implemented by the Sustainable Livelihood Program in partnership with Our Lady of Triumph Institute of Technology (OLT) based in Ozamis City. The graduates who are in-house students have completed National Certificate II (NC continue reading : SLP Beneficiaries Receives their National Certificate II on Masonry, Housekeeping

In order to maintain and promote the health condition of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program beneficiaries, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has introduced Bio-Intensive Gardening (BIG) as a means to secure food for the Pantawid families and address concerns in nutrition particularly for children. The project ensures that nutritional food such as continue reading : DSWD to launch Bio-Intensive Gardening

In response to the directive of the President, Rodrigo Roa Duterte, to strengthen the country’s conditional cash transfer program, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) shall be providing rice subsidy to the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. The rice subsidy shall be given to Pantawid beneficiaries in the form of cash continue reading : DSWD augments cash grant with Rice Subsidy

The Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo visited Zamboanga City during the weekend to primarily assess and check the operations of the various centers under Region IX. During her visit, she had the chance to dialogue with the remaining 227 repatriates out of 430 who arrived from Malaysia last March 1, continue reading : DSWD Sec. Taguiwalo dialogues with repatriates in Zamboanga City

The Department of Social Welfare and Development – Sustainable Livelihood Program in partnership with TESDA, and Maychengchang Technical School, Inc. culminated its skills training program today with a Graduation Ceremony in Gutalac, Zamboanga del Norte. 145 program participants received their certificate of completion under Driving and Motorcycle/ Small Engine Servicing National Certificate II. The said continue reading : DSWD-SLP Skills Training Graduation in Gutalac, Zamboanga del Norte

The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office IX hosted a special screening of “Boses”, an advocacy film produced by Erasto Films as a kick-off event to the 2017 National Women’s Month Celebration which is celebrated annually every March. The film shows a moving story of a boy who went through excruciating violence in continue reading : DSWD kicks off Women’s Month Celebration with Boses

In response to the regular occurrences of both the natural and human-induced calamities, the Department of Social Welfare and Development in partnership with the Office of the Civil Defense Region IX conducted an intensive Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Training to Kalahi CIDSS-NCDDP Area Coordinators and RPMO Staff on February 20-24, 2017 at Dipolog, continue reading : Kalahi CIDSS-NCDDP Staff undertakes CBDRRM Training