DAVAO City (DSWD XI) – “We recently completed awarding of cash gift to 13 qualified centenarians in the region,” Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) focal for older persons Arris P. Medrano announced during an interview. He said the centenarians who qualified for the first semester come from the provinces of Davao Del Sur, continue reading : 13 centenarians received cash gift

DAVAO City (DSWD) – In support of the Duterte administration’s efforts to combat the proliferation of illegal drugs, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continues to collaborate with local government units (LGUs) to undertake reformative measures to transform and rebuild the lives of recovering drug personalities (RDPs) around the country with the help continue reading : DSWD’s ‘Yakap Bayan’ inspires Davao City’s rehabilitation, aftercare program for recovering drug personalities

DAVAO CITY – The Visayas-Mindanao leg of the Report-back Forum on the United Nations (UN) Commission on the Status of Women (UN CSW63) held on Friday brought together some 120 women from key sectors in the government, private and civil society. Organized by the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and continue reading : Report-back forum on UN Conference on the Status of Women held in Davao City

DAVAO City (DSWD XI) – From January to June this year, a total of 38,996 individuals- and families-in crisis received assistance through the Crisis Intervention Unit of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Davao Region Office. “For the first semester this year, we disbursed a total of Ph 132,420,444.44 to cover material assistance continue reading : Over 38-T individuals, families assisted by DSWD in the first half of 2019

Montevista, Compostela Valley (DSWD XI) – In a barangay forum, Heidi Telic, 37 years old, a Kalahi-CIDSS volunteer and a member of Matigsalog tribe, stood in front of local government officials and her fellow community members. She did not have a formal education, but what she had are her dreams, hopes, and aspirations. Little did she continue reading : IP woman helps light up her village