Coron, Palawan – Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) led the Joint National and Regional Advisory Committee (N/RAC) meeting in this municipality last April 23-25, 2014. The field visit aims to highlight the convergence strategy of the Department which allows the beneficiaries, particularly the Indigenous People (IP), to benefit continue reading : Sec. Soliman leads advisory committee visit to IP communities
DSWD, DLSU-SDRC forge partnership
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) represented by Director Rodora T. Babaran, National Program Manager of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program and De La Salle University- Social Development Research Center (DLSU-SDRC) represented by Dr. Melvin A. Jabar, Director of DLSU-SDCRC signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on April 28, 2014. The partnership is part continue reading : DSWD, DLSU-SDRC forge partnership
3 universities vie for DSWD Docu-Film Competition
Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP), De La Salle College of St. Benilde and the Lyceum University of the Philippines competed for the First Convergence Documentary Film-Making Contest of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) last March 14, 2014 at the National Center for Culture and the Arts (NCCA). The documentary-making competition was continue reading : 3 universities vie for DSWD Docu-Film Competition
Struggling out of the poverty trap
MANILA, Philippines – The country’s fight against poverty still has a long way to go, but the success stories of some of the conditional cash transfer grantees seem to indicate that the government is on the right track. This was the key message conveyed during the awarding of the First Convergence Documentary Film Competition of continue reading : Struggling out of the poverty trap
DSWD continues locating Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries affected by ‘Yolanda’
Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said that the agency continues to locate beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program affected by Typhoon Yolanda who have relocated. “Since December, we have started locating the beneficiaries of the Program. It is important that the beneficiaries inform us of their location continue reading : DSWD continues locating Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries affected by ‘Yolanda’
“Tuloy ang buhay, tuloy ang pangarap”
Tanauan, Leyte – This was the statement of Rowena Burines, a Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program beneficiary, during the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) joint press conference for the DSWD-WFP cash assistance pay-out held in this municipality on Wednesday, January 8. The DSWD and WFP earlier continue reading : “Tuloy ang buhay, tuloy ang pangarap”
Investing in Philippines human capital
The government is set to expand its core social development strategy, the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), the Aquino Administration’s Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program, by including in its coverage children aged 14-18 years of its 3.9 million family-beneficiaries to help them finish high school. About 2.2 million children are expected to benefit from the continue reading : Investing in Philippines human capital
DSWD and WFP provide cash assistance to Yolanda Survivors
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have so far provided emergency cash assistance to almost 50,000 of the most vulnerable people affected by super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan). The cash assistance, which encourages families to purchase food items from the local market, is part of WFP’s continue reading : DSWD and WFP provide cash assistance to Yolanda Survivors
DSWD holds forum on hunger mitigation and rural development strategies
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), in partnership with the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), and the Department of Agriculture (DA), in collaboration with the Brazil national government held a forum on hunger mitigation and poverty alleviation last Dec. 13 at the Intercontinental Manila. Dubbed as “Harvest the future: Nourishing Filipino children, empowering continue reading : DSWD holds forum on hunger mitigation and rural development strategies
DSWD, WFP to Begin Cash Distributions For Yolanda Survivors
MANILA – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today signed a to provide PHP 260 m (US$ 6 m) in cash assistance to 500,000 food insecure people across 50 municipalities of Leyte and Samar in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Yolanda. According to DSWD Secretary continue reading : DSWD, WFP to Begin Cash Distributions For Yolanda Survivors