The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 02 has now started the distribution of the Emergency Shelter Assistance (ESA) to some 2,879 affected families in Batanes whose homes were totally or partially damaged a month since Typhoon Ferdie struck the said province. ESA is the provision of emergency “self-build” shelter assistance through limited financial assistance in order to continue reading : ‘Ferdie’ victims in Batanes receive ESA from DSWD, Cash-for-Work in the offing

By  virtue of Republic Act (RA) 9994 or the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continuously conducts advocacy activities to promote the rights and welfare of disadvantaged and vulnerable sectors, including older persons. As part of the advocacy, the DSWD – Field Office 02 OIC-Assistant Regional Director continue reading : DSWD kicks off Elderly Filipino Week celeb with ‘Walk for Life’

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 02 is set to provide stress debriefing to Typhoon ‘Ferdie’ survivors in Batanes.  Five social workers who were trained on Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) in the region were   deployed to provide psycho social support to typhoon victims in order to relieve the stress and trauma continue reading : Social Workers arrive in Batanes, to conduct stress debriefing

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)  Field Office II provided assistance to families  affected by the El Nino phenomenon in the the Province of Quirino through its Cash-for-Work Program. A total of 31,838 families affected by El Nino received assistance regionwide. Of the P1, 652, 890.00 funds downloaded to the Field Office, P61, continue reading : DSWD provides cash-for-work to El Nino-affected residents in Quirino

Batanes – In the Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDANA) Report by the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Manangement Council (RDRRMC)  presented to the Office of the Provincial Governor of Batanes on September 21, 2016, the Departmentment of Social Welfare and Development’s good practice was recognized.  The prepositioning of goods by DSWD was observed as a good practice continue reading : DSWD, Batanes bare good practices in disaster ops

Batanes – The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 02 continues to provide assistance to ‘Ferdie’ victims in Batanes through its Social Welfare and Development Office (SWAD) in Batanes. “Aside from family food packs and other non-food items that we give to  typhoon victims, the DSWD has other programs that will be of continue reading : DSWD extends educational assistance to typhoon victims in Batanes

National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) or Listahanan is an information management system which identifies who and where the poor are. As mandated by Executive Order 867, the database serves as the basis for government agencies involved in social protection programs and should be updated every four years. But what we experienced is continue reading : Wasn’t just a mission