“Hindi ko makakalimutan ‘yung nakapagpaanak ako ng baby sa tricycle… wala na kaming choice noong oras na ‘yun kaya talagang sinalo ko ang bata… salamat sa Diyos at malusog siya hanggang sa paglaki niya ngayon,” (I will never forget the time that I facilitated a delivery of a baby in a tricycle… we had no continue reading : A Parent Leader who finally finds her worth in their community

Some 125 clients of Elsie Gaches Village (EGV), a residential care facility that serves mentally challenged persons with underlying medical problems, celebrated their achievement and success during their Recognition Day at Jose Fabella Memorial School (JFMS) as the Batch 2016 graduates of Special Education, held on March 21, 2016 at Alabang, Muntinlupa City. With the continue reading : Elsie Gaches Village residents graduate with awards in Special Education

To help enhance the effectiveness of the Department and curb corruption through monitoring of DSWD core programs and projects, some 8 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)/Social Welfare and Development Agencies (SWDAs) inked Budget Partnership Agreement (BPA) with the Department of Social Welfare and Development- National Capital Region  (DSWD-NCR) on March 21, 2016 at Sampaloc, Manila. Under continue reading : CSOs/ SWDAs inked Budget Partnership Agreement to monitor DSWD’s programs and services

Juliet Pagente, 45 years old proudly shared in front of her fellow Parent Leaders of Pantawid Pamilya program on how the her family’s life was changed after being included as beneficiaries of it, during the recently held roadshow of DSWD Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman in Balara Elementary School, Quezon City. “Noon, nakakaraos naman kame pero hirap… continue reading : Mom of Pantawid Pamilya scholar returns the favor through unselfish services

A team from DSWD-NCR attend in the 4th Batch of DSWD Training of Trainers (TOT) on Family Evacuation Preparedness and Camp Coordination and Camp Management at the South Palms Resort, Panglao Island, Bohol from March 14 to 18, 2016. The TOT was being led by DSWD-Disaster Risk Emergency Assistance Management Bureau (DREAMB) and the International continue reading : Retooling Social Workers on Family Evacuation Preparedness and Camp Coordination and Management

The Department of Social Welfare and Development – National Capital Region (DSWD-NCR) calls for full functionality of the Barangay Council for the Protection for Children (BCPC) as deemed necessary manifested in the current viral video of a female minor with a stone who threatens a motorist along C5 road which is a following issue of continue reading : DSWD calls for functionality of BCPC

The Department of Social Welfare and Development – National Capital Region (DSWD-NCR) participated on the recent GO Volunteer Expo, a two-day event that brings together over 25 volunteer engaging organizations, supporting different advocacies and causes – from Education, Youth, Poverty Alleviation, the Environment, to Government and Human Rights held at Glorietta Activity Center, Makati City continue reading : DSWD-NCR joins the Go Volunteer Expo

In line with adoption consciousness celebration and to raise their awareness and knowledge on the processing of alternative parental care, the Department of Social Welfare and Development – National Capital Region (DSWD-NCR) provided adoption orientation-forum to some 50 invited government health workers and medical practitioners in Metro Manila. Among the topics discussed during the orientation continue reading : Provision of adoption orientation-forum to government health workers and medical practitioners