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 continue reading : Social Work and Psych students eyed to assist DSWD during calamities
DSWD extends financial aid to quake-affected families
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 continue reading : DSWD extends financial aid to quake-affected families
DSWD’s Listahanan does not identify, delist 4Ps beneficiaries
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 continue reading : DSWD’s Listahanan does not identify, delist 4Ps beneficiaries
DSWD appeals to public not to give alms to street children, indigenous peoples
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 continue reading : DSWD appeals to public not to give alms to street children, indigenous peoples
DSWD: All quake-affected families will be provided with assistance
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 continue reading : DSWD: All quake-affected families will be provided with assistance
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