Today our country faces many challenges; increasing violence, continuous erosion of moral values, high incidence of poverty and the rampant use of prohibited drugs. The report on the national drug situation during the National Drug Summit in June, 2001 stated that in the past years, there were only 20,000 users using only marijuana, a locally continue reading : DSWD trains Social Workers on family drug abuse and prevention program

The DSWD Bicol through the Regional Juvenile Justice and Welfare Council (RJJWC) has recently conducted series of provincial consultation-dialogue with the Five Pillar of Justice on handling cases of children in conflict with the law (CICL). The five pillars of justice composes the following: law enforcement, prosecution, court, penology and community. DSWD Director Arnel Garcia, continue reading : DSWD- RJJCW conducts consultation-dialogue with five Pillars of Justice

Legazpi City-The Listahanan or National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is currently conducting the second round of household assessment in the 6 provinces of Bicol Region. “As of July 22, we have assessed 642,008 or 59% households out of the 1.08 million target covering continue reading : DSWD’s household assessment in Bicol is about half way

Residents, who take the lead role in the implementation of the 1,284 people-identified subprojects in Bicol under Kalahi-CIDSS- Kapit- Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS), had already started the construction of the said community projects this month. “We target that these subprojects are completed before the year ends so that continue reading : Villages start construction of anti-poverty projects in Bicol, to receive P2.3 billion

It was only a hearsay. Most of the people in Sagrada, Viga, a remote community in the province of Catanduanes, did not believe that a community project managed by the people will come into a fruition. In 2012, the said community conducted a community research and identified the construction of water system as the most continue reading : The hidden treasure in a faucet

The Department of Social Welfare and Development Bicol released 860,000 and 1.03 million respectively to fund livelihood projects in Aroroy, Masbate under the Bottoms-up-budgeting (BUB). According to Nida Bagayusa, the livelihood worker of the Local Social Welfare and Development Office, the P 860,00 has funded various livelihood project benefiting 105 Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries or 35 continue reading : BUB funds livelihood project in Aroroy, Masbate

A partnership has been forged between the Department of Social Welfare and Development, the city government of Naga and with the Central Bicol State University (CBSUA) for Sustainable Livelihood Program last July 20, 2015. The program aims to improve the socio-capacities of the Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries by facilitating their access to micro-enterprise development and employment continue reading : DSWD inks MOA with CLGU Naga and CBSUA for Sustainable Livelihood Program

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has no lump sum or discretionary funds amounting to P102.6 billion in the 2015 General Appropriations Act (GAA). “How can that be when the budget of the Department is already P107.8 billon? We do have a budget for Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses amounting to P102B, and continue reading : DSWD clarifies lump sum in its 2015 budget

DSWD Field Office 5 clarifies that the amount received for the educational assistance is based on the social worker’s assessment and documents submitted by the clients. The common misconception of the public is that the assistance is considered as a scholarship program which DSWD strongly disproves. The educational assistance does not guarantee to cover the continue reading : Educational assistance is not a scholarship, amount varies based on assessment

Legazpi City- A delegation from World Bank and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFA) visited three barangays in Legazpi City for the 8th World Bank Implementation Support Mission on July 2-4, 2015. The field visit aimed to generate ideas about how the Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program implemented in Legazpi City given it’s a disaster continue reading : World Bank & DFAT conducted support mission visit to DSWD Bicol