Amidst the threat of the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office MIMAROPA provided a total of 17,142 Family Food Packs (FFPs) amounting to PHP 7,713,900.00 to several Local Government Units in the region. The Social Welfare and Development Teams in the provinces, together with the Local Government Units, continue reading : DSWD MIMAROPA helps ensure food security in the region
Local Government Units (LGUs) who have finished the emergency subsidy distribution bared the strategies they have implemented to be able to achieve fast and efficient implementation of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) in their respective localities. With an 80.71% accomplishment on SAP region-wide, 13 LGUs have finished the distribution of the PhP 5,000.00 emergency subsidy continue reading : MIMAROPA LGUs share good practices on SAP implementation
Amidst the implementation of the Enhanced Community Quarantine in the country due to the spread of the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), Sustainable Livelihood Program Association (SLPA) members in the MIMAROPA Region join together to help frontliners in their respective localities. Bagtingon Sewers SLPA in Buenavista, Marinduque sewed and donated a total of 24 Personal Protective continue reading : SLP Associations extend helping hands to frontliners
Upang patuloy na makatulong sa pangangailangan ng mga Senior Citizen sa gitna ng implementasyon ng Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) sa bansa, nagsimula na ang pamamahagi ng ayuda sa ilalim ng programang Social Pension sa rehiyon ng MIMAROPA. Ngayong araw, Abril 30, may kabuuang bilang nang 6,956 na benepisyaryo na ang nakatanggap ng ayuda para continue reading : DSWD MIMAROPA, nagsimula nang mamahagi ng Social Pension
As the lead social protection agency, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) fully supports the recommendation of the House Committee on Justice, chaired by Leyte Rep. Vicente “Ching” Veloso, for the temporary release on bail of elderly and sickly detainees in “highly congested” jails in the country due to COVID-19 citing humanitarian reasons. DSWD continue reading : DSWD supports proposal to release sickly, vulnerable detainees amid COVID-19 crisis
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said that all Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries with cash cards have received their emergency subsidy under the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) Bayanihan Fund: Tulong Laban sa COVID-19 today, April 5. All 4Ps beneficiaries with cash cards in Regions I, II, III, IV-A, National Capital Region continue reading : All 4Ps cash card holders received emergency subsidy under SAP – DSWD
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will provide social amelioration measures amounting to P5,000 to P8,000 for two months to families belonging to vulnerable sectors who have been affected by the community quarantine amid the COVID-19 crisis as mandated by Republic Act (RA) 11469 or the “Bayanihan to Heal as One Act.” The continue reading : DSWD readies aid for vulnerable sectors affected by COVID-19 crisis
“Taon-taon akong tinutulungan ng DSWD.” -Clifford Fronda Inalala ni Clifford Fronda, 36 taong gulang, ang taong 2012 kung kailan sana siya’y nakatakdang magtapos ng kolehiyo. Ngunit, ilang buwan bago siya makapag-martsa, nakatanggap siya ng hindi inaasahang balita, siya ay napag-alamang mayroong stage 5 Chronic Kidney Disease. Pag-amin ni Fronda, 3rd year college noong nakararanas siya continue reading : Karamay sa Laban
