The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through the National Authority for Child Care (NACC), joined the Sinulog Festival Grand Parade on January 21, 2024. NACC’s first-time participation in the annual Sinulog Festival aimed to raise public awareness about legal adoption, foster care, and other forms of alternative child care. Undersecretary and NACC Executive continue reading : NACC joins Sinulog, highlights legal adoption and alternative child care
Some 87 families received food and non-food items from the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 7 in the City of Talisay on January 25, 2024. These beneficiaries suffered from a fire that hit Sitio Libra, Barangay Poblacion, and Talisay City on the morning of January 24. The distribution of relief items is continue reading : 87 fire-affected families in Talisay City, Cebu, receive FNFIs
About 2,000 strong workforce of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the Central Visayas region received tribute for their dedication, commitment, passion, and service through the Angels in Red Vests (ARV) campaign. Launched during the 73rd Anniversary Celebration of DSWD, the campaign bears the theme Angels in Red Vests: Naglilingkod ng may continue reading : DSWD Central Visayas joins the nationwide launch of ‘Angels in Red Vests’ campaign
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VII joined the LANDBANKasama and Digital Inclusion Program caravan held in the island municipality of President Carlos P. Garcia (PCPG), Bohol, on January 18, 2024. Some 200 Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) partner beneficiaries in PCPG attended the activity. PCPG Mayor Fernando Estavilla III and continue reading : DSWD-7 joins the LANDBANKasama in PCPG
The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 7 distributed a total of 2,057 Family Food Packs (FFPs) to families in Barangay Cantao-an, City of Naga, on separate schedules, following the reported occurrence of tension cracks in the barangay. Of the total FFPs delivered, Field Office 7 initially provided 52 FFPs worth Php 27.3 continue reading : DSWD-7 distributes food packs to the City of Naga tension-crack-affected families
Some 4,156 household beneficiaries graduated from the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in the Central Visayas region in 2023. DSWD-7 Regional Director Shalaine Marie Lucero congratulated the 4Ps household beneficiaries for their families’ improved well-being through the program’s intervention. Director Lucero cited the convergence efforts of the different national government agencies, local government units, and continue reading : 4,156 households graduate from 4Ps in 2023
The DSWD 7’s Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) trained its project development officers (PDOs) on cyber security awareness and advanced Excel. The resource persons for this training included information technology officers Von Brian Adlaon, Reymark Lariosa, and March Lamanilao of the Regional Information and Communications Technology Section (RICTS). March Lamanilao, information technology officer, discussed the importance continue reading : SLP equips workers to bolster community livelihood project implementation
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VII expressed gratitude to partners for their collaborative efforts over the past year. “We highly appreciate the partnership and support you have provided for the past years,” said DSWD-7 Regional Director Shalaine Marie Lucero in a statement. She further underscored that the commitment and willingness continue reading : DSWD-7 thanks partners for the collaborative efforts
In adherence to its mandate of providing immediate relief to the disaster-affected population in the region, the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 7 delivered a total of Php 5,622,897.10 worth of food and non-food items (FNFIs) to families affected by the fire that raged over Sitio Sta. Maria, Barangay Pusok, in Lapu-Lapu continue reading : DSWD-7 provides over 5.6M-worth of FNFIs to Lapu-Lapu Fire-Affected Families
The Supplementary Feeding Program (SFP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VII, one of the programs that helps address the prevalence of malnutrition among children, starts the ‘wash and learn’ advocacy to complement the 120-day feeding with basic hygiene and sanitation practices for children. Children aged 2 to 5 years continue reading : DSWD-7 SFP conducts wash-and-learn advocacy
