As super typhoon Yolanda marks its third year on November 8, 2016, DSWD Secretary Judy Taguiwalo made a meaningful two – day visit to Leyte province beginning Nov. 7. She first graced the Conference on Yolanda Response organized by the National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) at CAWACSI Training Center in San Jose, Tacloban City.

Part of her solidarity message was an assurance to address the complaints of … Click here to read more...

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo and other DSWD officials joined President Rodrigo Duterte in this afternoon’s ceremony on the commemoration of the third year anniversary of Typhoon Yolanda at the Holy Cross Memorial Park Mass Grave, Barangay Basper, Tacloban City.
‘Yolanda’ battered the Visayas Region on November 8, 2013.
In his message, Pres. Duterte announced that ‘Yolanda’ survivors who were qualified to receive Emergency … Click here to read more...

Addressing about more than 200 young people from all of the municipalities of Northern Samar, DSWD Regional Director, Restituto Macuto, has this to say in part – “As members of the PAG-ASA YOUTH ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES or PYAP, you are already equipped with knowledge and skills of a wide variety of concerns as climate change and drug abuse. That way, this gathering will all the more enhance what you … Click here to read more...

Though late in the evening, Social Welfare Secretary, Judy Taguiwalo, visited yesterday, November 7, the DSWD’s Regional and Rehabilitation Center for Youth (RRCY) at Barangay Sto. Nino, Tanauan, Leyte. One of the center’s social workers, Demetria Durano, perished at the height of the storm while about to render duty.

RRCY’s Center Head, Marcela Lim, revealed that it has been three years that they have been offering a yearly commemoration of … Click here to read more...

Honored men in uniform.  I am privileged again to speak before you,  and it makes me wonder how my speech would go.  For a number of times, I have stood in this platform –  communicating,  inspiring,  advocating.  We are partners in almost every area of concern;  kaagapay tayo sa halos lahat ng bagay.  Wika nga,  in service of the Filipino people !

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The Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS), an Empowerment Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD),  has recorded a total of 3, 910 rehab projects completed in the Eastern Visayas region.

Said projects were accomplished under the National Community-Driven Development Program or NCDDP funding of Kalahi-CIDSS, focused on the reconstruction of small-scale infrastructure damaged by Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) three years ago.… Click here to read more...

For decades, families of the Mamanwa Ethnic group who are culturally nomadic,  left Surigao and crossed the seas heading for the province of Leyte. They say they were born from the land of promise but back there,  they have nothing. So, they abandoned their domain in search for a new home.

Now, the Mamanwas are scattered … Click here to read more...