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DSWD, partners to lead observance of 2020 Adoption Consciousness Celebration

07 February 2020

To celebrate the unconditional love between parents and their adopted children, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), in partnership with different national government agencies (NGAs), child-placement institutions, and child-caring institutions will lead the observance of the 2020 Adoption Consciousness Celebration (ACC). With the theme, “Pagmamahal Palaganapin, Legal na Pag-aampon Ating Gawin! (Spread Unconditional […]

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Over 800K households assessed in Davao Region for ‘Listahanan 3’

20 January 2020

As of to date, over 838,589 households in Davao Region have been assessed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Listahanan program since its launching in October 2019. Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) is an information management system implemented by DSWD that identifies who and where the […]

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Social Work and Psych students eyed to assist DSWD during calamities

18 November 2019

DAVAO CITY Nov. 13 (PIA) — The vice chair of the response cluster of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) has called on universities and colleges who have graduating students in Social Work and Psychology to consider sending them to the evacuation sites as added hands in camp management. She noticed that […]

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DSWD extends financial aid to quake-affected families

13 November 2019

Davao del Sur – The Crisis Intervention Unit of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office XI has extended a total assistance of P4,254,535.00 to the earthquake victims in Davao del Sur to date. The assistance includes medical, burial, and cash assistance worth three thousand pesos (P3,000.00) to some 1,612 affected individuals and […]

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DSWD’s Listahanan does not identify, delist 4Ps beneficiaries

12 November 2019

THE DEPARTMENT of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) explains that the Listahanan 3 or the 3rd Round Nationwide Household Assessment aims to identify who and where the poor are in the country and does not determine additional beneficiaries nor delist ineligible households under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). This came following the circulation of news […]

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DSWD appeals to public not to give alms to street children, indigenous peoples

12 November 2019

THE DEPARTMENT of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) reiterates its appeal to the public to refrain from giving alms to street children, homeless individuals, and members of Indigenous Peoples’ (IP) groups. This is pursuant to Presidential Decree (PD) No. 1563 or the Anti-Mendicancy Law which prohibits begging or soliciting of charitable donations by the poor […]

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DSWD: All quake-affected families will be provided with assistance

11 November 2019

Davao del Sur – Grace Q. Subong, OIC-Regional Director of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office XI, clarifies that all families affected by the series of earthquakes in Davao Region will be provided with appropriate assistance from the department. “Regardless if these families are outside or inside the camps, DSWD is […]

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DSWD leads in peaceful distribution of relief supplies

08 November 2019

DAVAO DEL SUR (DSWD XI) – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office XI continues to lead in peaceful and orderly distribution of relief supplies in the twenty-three (23) evacuation centers located in Davao del Sur where a total of 3,055 families or 14,052 individuals currently stay. The field office has so […]

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