El Nido, Palawan – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), in collaboration with the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office (MSWDO) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) conducted a Community Orientation on Human Trafficking to 50 out-of-school youths (OSYs), last January 29, 2015 in this municipality. “The OSYs are prone to becoming victims continue reading : DSWD intensifies campaign against human trafficking

They call us the lower class, the twerps, a burden to the government. They dub us dependents, supposedly merely after government doles. They call us the poorest of the poor, the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). Let me tell you people, we are less fortunate but we are not stupid. Yes, we continue reading : I’m a 4Ps scholar

Responding to news articles citing the findings of the 2013 Annual Audit Report of the Commission on Audit (COA) on Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program being implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman said that answers and clarifications to the audit observations have already been submitted to the state auditing firm. Sec. Soliman emphasized continue reading : DSWD resolves COA findings on Pantawid Pamilya, maintains auditors only seeking documentation

Batangas, City—The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) MiMaRoPa have opened a Relief Distribution Hub yesterday in this city as a pick-up and delivery point for TY Ruby-affected municipalities in the province of Oriental and Occidental Mindoro and Romblon. Over 1,600 relief packs are initially housed in the said warehouse in Balagtas. Similarly, 1,690 continue reading : DSWD activated ‘relief distribution hub’ in Batangas City

As of December 06, 2014, 9:00 PM Malate, Manila — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region IV – MiMaRoPa in preparation for typhoon Ruby continuously monitors all provinces through its Quick Response Team (QRT). Currently, there are 971 affected families housed in 50 evacuation centers in Romblon (49) and Occidental Mindoro (1) continue reading : Advisory on Typhoon Ruby: DSWD MiMaRoPa Quick Response Team

As of December 06, 2014, 9:00 AM Malate, Manila— The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region IV – MiMaRoPa has activated its Quick Response Team (QRT) in preparation for typhoon Ruby (international name Hagupit). The region has a total of 31,496 prepositioned relief goods with a targeted 9,000 additional relief goods being repacked continue reading : Advisory on Typhoon Ruby: DSWD IV-MiMaRoPa Quick Response Team

Coron, Palawan – One year after Typhoon Yolanda ravaged this island, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman lauded the convergent effort made by the local government unit for sustained rehabilitation. Sec. Soliman together with Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas, National Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and Governor Jose Alvarez visited continue reading : DSWD commends continuous rehabilitation of Coron, Palawan