The Department of Social Welfare and Development leads in the provision of Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) in the region through the Crisis Intervention Unit (CIU). The services under AICS include medical, educational, transportation, burial, food, and cash assistance for other support services to individuals and families who are indigent, vulnerable, disadvantaged, in continue reading : DSWD continues to provide assistance to individuals in crisis
DSWD, partners to lead observance of 2020 Adoption Consciousness Celebration
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 continue reading : DSWD, partners to lead observance of 2020 Adoption Consciousness Celebration
Over 800K households assessed in Davao Region for ‘Listahanan 3’
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 continue reading : Over 800K households assessed in Davao Region for ‘Listahanan 3’
Social Work and Psych students eyed to assist DSWD during calamities
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