The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 5 and the Regional Juvenile Justice and Welfare Committee (RJJWC) conducted an orientation to the Provincial/City Social Welfare and Development Officers/Budget Officers and its committee members in the region on the guidelines on the operation of Bahay Pag-Asa .The activity was held yesterday at La Roca continue reading : DSWD & JJWC urges LGU’s to establish “Bahay Pag-Asa” in their locality

Unmindful of the strong heat of the sun, about 10,000 Pantawid Pamilya Beneficiaries from the town of Camaligan, San Fernando, Milaor, Bombon, Canaman, Pili, Magarao, and Naga City joined the Unity Walk held in Naga City last April 25, 2016. Each municipal delegation had a designated starting point then marched to Naga City Rizal Park continue reading : Naga City 4Ps Beneficiaries hold unity walk

Fe and Rowel Villaruel dreamt of having a simple living, a life full of happiness, stability, love, and strong faith in God. They also want to see their children have a better lives in the future by providing better education. The Villaruel couple from Crossing, Uson, Masbate has five siblings whose ages are 18, 15, continue reading : Keeping the family need

Masbate City –Beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program surged at the Nursery Plaza of the said city in the Province of Masbate, for a unity walk conducted last April 14 to plea to the Legislators to pass the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Bill. Around 5,000 Beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilya from the Municipalities Milagros, Mobo and continue reading : Bicol beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilya hold unity walk for CCT institutionalization

DSWD Region V recognized its active partners in gender mainstreaming under Kalahi-CIDSS during the Gender Congress last April 14-15, 2016 at Villa Caceres Hotel, Naga City, Camarines Sur. Kalahi-CIDSS or Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services is a DSWD program that seeks to help alleviate poverty through community-driven development (CDD). It continue reading : DSWD confers outstanding Kalahi-CIDSS gender champions in Bicol, Libmanan sweeps four awards

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) was lauded by World Bank during the Listahanan launching on Tuesday at the Manila Hotel. The World Bank recognizes Listahanan as a leading “good practice example” for a growing number of countries that aspire to introduce a database. Listahanan is the country’s information system that identifies who continue reading : DSWD lauded by World Bank during the Listahanan launching

The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office V Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program conducted a two-day Parent Leaders Training on Leadership, Advocacy and Lobbying at Ninongs Hotel, Legazpi City last March 31 to April 1. Said activity aims to provide the participants with knowledge on Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Bill, share and reflect on continue reading : Pantawid Pamilya beneficiary leaders of Bicol trained on leadership and advocacy

Balatan is one of the coastal municipality of the Province of Camarines Sur which is home to 28, 699. It is prone to typhoon surge and other natural calamity like flooding and landslides. During the onslaught of typhoon Glenda and Ruby there were families especially those in the coastal village who were left homeless and continue reading : Balatan town avails of the DSWD CSAP

The Social Pension for Senior Citizen is a program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) that provides cash assistance of Five Hundred (PhP 500) as monthly stipend to indigent senior citizens. This in accordance with DSWD Administrative Order No. 15 and as mandated by Republic Act no. 9994 or the Expanded Senior continue reading : New scheme for the release of cash grant to social pensioners will be adopted

The first municipal Bayani Ka! Awards in the Philippines was initiated in Bato, Catanduanes last March 30, 2016 where community implementers of a DSWD poverty program were recognized. Residents of Bato’s 27 barangays engaged in Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS), a DSWD program that seeks to help alleviate poverty continue reading : First Municipal Bayani Ka! Awards in the Philippines honors volunteers