Some 8,114 individuals received PHP 5,000 in financial assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Ayuda sa Kapos Ang Kita Program (AKAP), which aims to assist low-income and minimum-wage earners affected by high inflation or increasing prices of basic commodities. DSWD distributed the assistance on August 24, 2024, in the City of continue reading : Over 8K individuals benefit from AKAP
Beneficiaries of the Social Pension program of DSWD can now receive their stipend monthly, bimonthly, or quarterly instead of the previous per semester payout. The new frequencies of payout came after Secretary Rex Gatchalian’s directive to all the field offices to follow and use the new distribution schedule to ensure that the beneficiaries receive their continue reading : Social Pension program introduces new schedule of payout
The Area Vocational Rehabilitation Center (AVRC) II of DSWD 7 received donated equipment comprising twenty desktop computers, a tarpaulin printer, and a heat press machine worth PHP 1.5 million from Bingo Plus Foundation, Inc. BPFI executives and officials such as Chief Operations Officer Celeste Jovenir, Executive Director Angela Camins-Wieneke, Program Manager Paul Tamayo, and Program continue reading : Unlocking potentials of PWDs with Bingo Plus’ donated equipment
The year 2 of the Annual Visayas Cluster Meeting of the Supplementary Feeding Program was hosted by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Central Visayas in Panglao, Bohol, on August 28-30, 2024. It brings together the SFP implementers, which include nutritionist dietitians, project development officers, administrative staff, and focal persons, to convene continue reading : DSWD 7 holds Visayas cluster meet for SFP implementers
The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office VII (DSWD) seeks new children ambassadors for the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). The search aims to recognize exemplary 4Ps children who serve as excellent examples in their households, schools, and communities. It also encourages children to be active citizens, performing beyond complying with the program continue reading : DSWD 7 opens search for 4Ps Exemplary Children anew