Eighty eight students availed the Government Internship Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Field Office IX this summer. The students who were deployed in various units, centers and SWADTs of the agency officially started on April 26, 2017. They shall observe the eight regular working hours per day and shall render continue reading : DSWD accepts 88 youth interns for 30-day Government Internship Program

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) proudly announces the graduation of 96 Expanded Students’ Grant in Aid Program for Poverty Alleviation (ESGPPA) grantees enrolled in Western Mindanao State University (WMSU) for the current school year. Four of which are graduating with flying colors for being Cum Laude and one as a Magna Cum continue reading : 5 out of 96 Pantawid Pamilya WMSU scholars graduate Cum Laude

The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office IX recently hired ninety four (94) Project Development Officers (PDOs) as additional workforce under Sustainable Livelihood Program and now all set for deployment on field after attending the 2-day Basic Orientation Seminar at La Viña Hotel, Zamboanga City on April 25-26, 2017.   The additional workers continue reading : 94 Newly Hired PDOs of DSWD-SLP all set for Deployment

Her everyday ordinary routine, a small table, along the highway, selling vegetables, with a hundred peso capital. Adelfa Jumuad, 50 years old, is married to Buenaventura Jumuad. They have six children, Eljean, Eljon, Ivy, Ivene, Judel, and Jakemar. The family lives a simple life, they raise pigs, cows, and carabaos for a living. At times, continue reading : The Strong-willed Adelfa

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