DAVAO CITY | The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office XI, participated in the simultaneous conduct of ‘Balik Sigla, Bigay Saya” or the nationwide gift-giving day earlier today, November 26, at the University of Mindanao Gymnasium, Davao City. A total of 600 children from various DSWD and private centers and residential care continue reading : DSWD XI JOINS NATIONWIDE CONDUCT OF ‘BALIK SIGLA, BIGAY SAYA’ PROGRAM IN DAVAO CITY
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
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
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
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