‘Severely wasted children’ or undernourished children from kinder to grade six are now receiving additional one ‘hotmeal’ for 120 days with the DSWD’s Php 51.2 million funding on School Based Feeding Program (SBFP). Recently, a check was personally received by the Regional Director of the Department of Education Regional Office 1, Dir. Teresita M. Velasco continue reading : 26,714 Severely Wasted Children Get Share on Php51.2M DepED- DSWD Feeding Program

The DSWD Field Office 1 sought the support of Congressional Offices’ Representatives through their Chiefs of Staff on pending House Bills (HBs) 3411 and 4650 entitled Social Welfare and Development Agencies (SWDAs) Act and Public Solicitation Act, in a Consultation Dialogue held at DSWD, San Fernando City, La Union, recently. The Chiefs of staff, being continue reading : DSWD Field Office 01 Seeks Solons’ Support on 2 pending House Bills

At least 500 tree seedlings were planted by DSWD staff and inter-agency partners at Dallangayan, San Fernando City, La Union near the Material Recovery Facility, recently, to protect the whole community from landslide and to promote a healthier environment. Supported by San Fernando City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO), the event marks another strategy continue reading : DSWD, San Fernando City – CENRO protect landslide-prone village

DSWD enjoined Philippine National Police Regional Command (PNP ReCom) to assist in safeguarding public funds entrusted by donors through various paraphernalia such as ‘coin box,’ raffle tickets, letters, concerts-for-a-cause, donation boxes, among others. Permits of these solicitation activities and paraphernalia are given and regulated by DSWD and its counterparts at the Local Government Units (within continue reading : DSWD, PNP-Reg’l. Command to confiscate illegal, expired solicitation paraphernalia

The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office 1 (DSWD FO1) and some Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (RDRRMC) members  joined together for a fun run in celebrating the National Disaster Consciousness Month with the theme “Kahandaan at Kaligtasan ng Pamayanan, Pundasyon ng Kaunlaran.” This activity aims to strengthen convergence and cooperation of continue reading : DSWD sponsors Fun Run: a National Disaster Consciousness Month celebration

To develop children’s capacities for self-confidence, self-esteem, friendship, leadership and mutual understanding through worthwhile activities and to help them become a happy, useful and active members of society, Agsugpon Tayo Project youth camp was recently conducted at Paradiso Beach Resort, Aringay, La Union This camp also aims to develop the children’s personality as well as continue reading : Agsugpon Tayo Project Youth Camp ignites capability and capacity

The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) strategy to ensure focused targeting of beneficiaries on Social Pension Program and Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program through the recently held special validation is near to completion. As of July 23, the Family Assessment Forms (FAF) encoding has reached 85% or 9,202 forms encoded. This is a part continue reading : Listahanan assures accurate data entry for DSWD’s program beneficiaries

As a ready response to the effects of ‘Typhoon Glenda’, DSWD Field Office 1 is ready to augment requests of Local Government Units (LGUs) with its 2,338 stockpile family food packs and 4,000 family food packs prepositioned in the provinces of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union and Pangasinan. At least 7,900 boxes of bottled continue reading : DSWD F01 ready to augment LGUs on ‘Typhoon Glenda’