The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) provides different types of assistance to people in need which include the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations (AICS). “AICS serves as a social safety net or a stop-gap mechanism to support the recovery of individuals and families from unexpected crisis such as illness or death of continue reading : DSWD provides assistance to individuals in crisis situation

Pantawid Pamilya partner-beneficiaries who were grantees of Expanded Students Grants-in-Aide Program for Poverty Alleviation (ESGP-PA) now work at the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office VII (DSWD-7). Christian Claven Joseph Inot, Mary Ann Olivar, Sarah Mae Albaña, Lea Araneta and Mayet Jumao-as who are all fresh graduates from the Cebu Normal University (CNU) continue reading : Pantawid beneficiaries now DSWD workers

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Central Visayas has started releasing today the cash grants under the Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT) to some 47,289 social pensioners who are indigent senior citizens. Of the 47,289 social pensioners, 18,628 are from Bohol and the 28,661 are from Cebu. The national government’s UCT program is continue reading : Social Pensioners start receiving their UCT grant

Pantawid Pamilya partner-beneficiaries in Central Visayas region are now more prepared whenever disaster and calamities occur. Through the Family Development Session (FDS), a monthly session that gathers 4Ps partner-beneficiaries, they have acquired new skills and knowledge on various topics like disaster preparedness. In December 2014, Typhoon Queenie wreaked havoc in the Central Visayas region which continue reading : 4Ps families become more prepared for disasters

The Regional Council for the Welfare of Children (RCWC)–7 expresses its concern about the high rate of exposure of children to both physical and sexual violence in the region. Physical injuries and intentional mutilation, rape, and acts of lasciviousness are some forms violence and the most prevalent ones, based on the statistics of Police Regional continue reading : Regional Council for the Welfare of Children (RCWC) VII’s Position Condemning Violence on Children

The Area Vocational Rehabilitation Center (AVRC II) recently held an Entrepreneur’s Day in Brgy. Labangon, Cebu City where sixty-one (61) persons with disabilities (PWDs) showcased their skills in massage therapy, cosmetology and cookery. The one-day event provided the PWDs the chance to demonstrate their entrepreneurial skills to the public. It aimed to develop the ability continue reading : Entrepreneur’s Day held in AVRC II

A family in the island of Mactan emerged as this year’s Regional Huwarang Pantawid Pamilya, a search for role model families of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office VII (DSWD-7) announced the family of Cloduoldo and Ofelia Campugan from Brgy. Poblacion, Cordova as the winner in the 2018 continue reading : Campugan Family from Cordova, Cebu emerges as 2018 Huwarang Pantawid Pamilya

For the past 6 years Catalina Abing, 35 years old, a Bachelor of Education Major in Elementary Education graduate of Brgy. San Vicente, Carlos P. Garcia, Bohol has decided to take a different path of career – a chosen career she didn’t expect to be passionate about that has unexpectedly given her in-depth life lessons. continue reading : Embracing the challenges of fieldwork: A story of a field validator

“Kung wala ko kapangisda sauna di me kasud-an apan karon nga naa na koy permanenteng trabaho pinaagi sa DSWD-SLP, dili lang panud-an akong mahatag sa akong pamilya kon dili apil nasad ang ilang mga panginahanglanon nga lisod naku mahatag sauna (If I could not go fishing before, we would not have viand. But because of continue reading : Making his dream a reality, a Jose Baal story

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VII urges prospective adoptive parents to follow rules on legal adoption. Furthermore, the Department is informing the public that only those placement of a child to prospective adoptive parent/s approved by the DSWD and by the Courts are considered legal adoption. Hence, the DSWD is continue reading : DSWD-7 urges prospective adoptive parents to follow rules on legal adoption