CENTENARIAN GIFT. The wife of a late 101-year old from Davao City receives Php 100,000.00 from Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Social Pension Unit head Lywellyn T. Bibera, in accordance with R.A. 10868 otherwise known as Centenarian Act of 2016. Under the law, all Filipino citizens, poor or rich, who reached 100 years are entitled continue reading : Another centenarian gets Php 100K

Davao City (DSWD XI) – In 2017, the Lingap at Gabay Para sa May Sakit (LinGap Sa MaSa) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) provided medicine needs of 14464 patients in Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) and Davao Regional Medical Center (DRMC) in Tagum City. Under this initiative, DSWD Region XI disbursed continue reading : 14464 patients served through DSWD LinGap Sa MaSa

Davao City (DSWD XI) – Some 136,067 indigent senior citizens in Davao Region were assisted in 2017 through the Social Pension Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Lywellyn T. Bibera, DSWD focal for Social Pension said the figure is higher compared with 2016 which registered only 85,532 social pensioners. In 2017, continue reading : 136,067 seniors received social pension in 2017

BEARS OF JOY. Turnover of 290 teddy bears last Friday by SM Mall to Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through the project Bears of Joy. For a customer’s purchase of one bear at Php 200, another identical bear will be given to a disadvantaged child. This year’s identified recipients are the children of continue reading : SM’s Bears of Joy

PARA SA MASA. Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Regional Director Mercedita P. Jabagat [right] and DXRD Sonshine Radio Station Manager Kathy G. Villanueva sign on Friday the Memorandum of Agreement for the weekly radio program Serbisyo Para Sa Masa. The radio program has been featuring DSWD programs and services for 22 years now. continue reading : DSWD, DXRD: Partners for 22 years