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

A report released by the Department of Health (DOH) in  March 2016 revealed a total of  32,647 (January 1984-March 2016) reported cases of Persons Living with HIV (PLHIV) with 25 Filipinos being  diagnosed with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) daily. However, this statistics could even be higher given that they are based only on who continue reading : Taggueg: HIV is not a death sentence

Victims of Typhoon Vinta in Dinapigue, Isabela received their core shelter units from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office 02  through its Core Shelter Assistance Project (CSAP) during the inauguration held recently in the said municipality. A total of 50 units were awarded to qualified beneficiaries in the said municipality with the corresponding amount continue reading : DSWD FO2 releases 50 core shelters units for beneficiaries in Dinapigue, Isabela