They used to roam the streets to beg or worse, get picked up by syndicated groups. Under DSWD’s Haven for Children, they are rescued and re-educated. While these children are under the care and custody of the Center, some are sent to formal schooling, others attend in-house non-formal education, and the remaining attend various Practical continue reading : DSWD Haven for Children rescues 27 street children

The Department of Social Welfare and Development – Field Office I (DSWD-FO1) accepted the #Pagyanig Challenge of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) and the Department of National Defense (DND) on 21 April 2016. DSWD-FO1 employees showed their commitment in the conduct of the “First Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) 2016” by continue reading : DSWD-FO1 accepts the #Pagyanig Challenge of NDRRMC and DND

Residents of the Haven for Women who are victim-survivors of abuse will soon benefit from the Php 593,696.73 PhilHealth fun-run proceeds for their new nursery and breastfeeding room and upgrading of their medical clinic. The check was recently received through OIC-Asst. Regional Director Nora D. de la Paz, who emphasized the sincere gratitude of the continue reading : Haven for Women gets help from PhilHealth, IBP, Dagupan CHO

1.5 million beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program in the entire country will not be delisted from the Program. This was proclaimed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman during her dialogue with thousands of Parent Leaders held in Dagupan City recently. She further explained that these families continue reading : Sec. Dinky to Parent Leaders: In your hands lie the continuity of Pantawid Pamilya

DSWD’s monitored cases of elderly abuse led to the pilot testing of a Reporting System and Prevention Program for Elderly Abuse Cases (ReSPPEC) in San Carlos City for Region 1. Violence against the elderly is defined as any elderly subjected to harmful behavior often inflicted by people who were entrusted to care for them, which continue reading : DSWD’s ReSPPEC sets in place actions on elderly abuse

Two words into her sentence, her tears started to stream down her face when asked how it feels to be a Cum Laude. Unable to speak because of overwhelming emotions, her equally tearful mother decided to jump in to narrate her daughter’s experiences in the past few years of trials, difficulties, and victories. “Worth it!” continue reading : Cheers not tears for better fortune

  Time to break the ground! After 16 years of waiting, the construction of the new building of Area I Vocational Rehabilitation Center (AVRC I) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development – Field Office I (DSWD-FO1) has already started. A groundbreaking ceremony was held on 6 April 2016 headed by DSWD-FO1 Dir. Marcelo continue reading : AVRC I holds groundbreaking ceremony

“This pride is for my family who inspires me to fight all the way. They are always with me in every battle,” Melody Baided said with evident confidence. With her guiding principle, Philippians 3:14 “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me,” she always has the courage to fight and overcome the challenges continue reading : Conqueror arises from struggles