TALACOGON, AGUSAN DEL SUR – Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rolando Joselito D. Bautista led the inauguration ceremony of three school buildings for the Talaandig tribe in Sitio Akbayan and Sitio Tigbaw in Brgy. Zillovia...

Cordillera Administrative Region – The Department of Social Welfare and Developmentthrough its Kapit-bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) program will be implementing community-driven development (CDD) projects amounting to a total of PhP 40,500,000.00...

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VII recently launched the implementation of Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services National Community Driven Development Program or the Kalahi-CIDDS NCDDP in the 27 additional...

All eyes are on her as she stands up. Her impassioned voice is a magnet, pulling people’s attention. Her tone is resolute and confident, almost like a political candidate campaigning to get votes.

The woman, however, is not a...

MANILA – The   Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to ensure the protection of the rights and welfare of the Indigenous Peoples (IPs) in...

A Program that introduces community-driven development, Kalahi-CIDSS of the DSWD also promotes social safeguards to ensure that its operation will not be detrimental to the people whom it serves, particularly the indigenous peoples of the 11 municipalities where Kalahi-CIDSS is...

MANILA – The project of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) funded by the Government of the United States of America (USA) through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is set to end by May 2016.

Implemented by...

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) commits to sustain its partnership with local government units and citizens in helping ensure that their basic needs will be met through the continuation of implementation of the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive...

GUIMARAS – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD through the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) turned over last week a 6.7-kilometer community access road to Barangay Alegria in the town of Sibunag,...

MANILA, May 11 -- Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) Chair Remedios Rikken praised the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) for empowering women and promoting gender equality in “Empowering Communities, Empowering Women” activity of the...

Zamboanga Sibugay – Eleven (11) barangays in the municipality of RT Lim (Surabay), Zambaoanga del norte have availed of development sub-projects from KALAHI-CIDSS after an “election” of their most urgent needs last week. Contrary to traditional project implementation, community-mobilized volunteers...

The government spent over a billion pesos to fund and implement 712 disaster mitigation sub-projects in Bicol from 2002 to present in response to the recipient communities in 94 municipalities who identified these as their priority.

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KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato- Some P19.6 million worth of community projects are up for implementation in Kiamba, a coastal town of Sarangani province under the government’s poverty-reduction program, Kalahi-CIDSS.

Bai Zorahayda Taha, DSWD 12 regional director said...

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continues to alert citizens affected by the low pressure area (LPA) to stay vigilant for possible flooding and landslides that may occur due to moderate rains and thunderstorms.
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Two community volunteers of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) were recently awarded as 2016 National Outstanding Volunteers by the Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency at Crowne Plaza Hotel,...

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) gathered more than 200 community volunteers under the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services: National Community-Driven Development Program (Kalahi-CIDSS NCDDP) during the first Regional Community Volunteers’ Congress...

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services National Community Driven Development Program commonly referred to as Kalahi-CIDSS NCDDP inaugurated the “Subanon Piglompukan Nog Baloy Nog Mokogulangan” known...

DAET, Camarines Norte, Oct. 21  (PIA) – A total of 58 housing units for the Indigenous People (IPs) will soon be constructed in Barangay Osmeña, Jose Panganiban, as relayed by National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP) Provincial Development Management Officer...

SAN ISIDRO TOWN, BOHOL – Pre-occupied with their personal and familial concerns after attempting to gather strength from the devastating earthquake, residents of Barangay Cambansag need to rally on one common goal to concretize a resolve to get up and...

Marissa Nim, 33, mother of three, swears that the new water system that she and her fellow villagers designed and built in her community in Manjuyod, Negros Oriental has changed their lives for the better.

“Besides having safe drinking...

Twelve development officials from the Lao People’s Democratic Republic recently visited Barangay Paliparan III in Dasmariñas, Cavite and interacted with key officials and staff of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to learn more about the Kapit-Bisig Laban...

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) was recently recognized by the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA) for being the first government agency to contribute its Geographic Information Systems (GIS) maps to the latter’s geoportal.

This...

The gender mainstreaming initiatives, undertaken by Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services-National Community-Driven Development Program (KALAHI CIDSS-NCDDP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), were recently showcased during the Social...

Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services-National Community-Driven Development Program (KALAHI CIDSS-NCDDP), one of the major poverty alleviation programs of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) recently hit big during the Agency’s...

MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) had its hands full in 2014 with big-ticket anti-poverty projects and rehabilitation efforts for the millions of victims of Super Typhoon Yolanda and other calamities.

“One of the...

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) urges Filipinos to join local development activities within their communities so they can become active participants in nation building.

“By participating in these activities that are critical to the development of...

KORONADAL CITY -- A total of P22.2 million worth of community projects are set to be implemented and are expected to benefit thousands of households in 14 villages of Isulan, Sultan Kudarat, a DSWD regional official said today.  
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CARMEN, Bohol – The province of Bohol is a recipient of Kapit-Bisig laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS), a project of the DSWD and supported by Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC) with $120 million grant supervised by...

KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato,  Feb 18 (PIA)  --   The Department of Social Welfare and Development is gearing up  for  the implementation of  P294-million worth of  development  projects  in various municipalities across  SOCCSKSARGEN Region, an   official of the agency  here  announced. Continue Reading

QUEZON CITY, March 10 --   Amid the rise in poverty incidence in the first half of 2014, the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) was cited by National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) head...

Indeed, good communication is the key to success.

To further improve the implementation of Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS), one of the three core poverty alleviation programs of the Department of Social Welfare...

The Philippines recently served as host to delegates from 13 nations for the second Asia Regional Conference on community-driven development (CDD) in Cebu City last March 24-27, 2015.

CDD is a development approach that puts power back in the...

“The Administration’s larger vision [is] to empower communities so they will no longer be passive beneficiaries, but will instead be co-implementers of government programs and projects.”

This was the statement given by Department of Budget and Management (DBM) head...

WASHINGTON, DC — The Philippines’ social welfare and development secretary and the CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corp. headquartered here met May 14 to reaffirm their “strong partnership.”

Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman of the Department of Social Welfare and Development...

QUEZON CITY, May 25 --  The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) completed 7, 531 community projects that were undertaken from 2011 to April 15, 2015, involving the communities themselves.

The projects were implemented through the Kapit-Bisig Laban...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In a meeting at the Headquarters of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) in Washington D.C. on 14 May 2015, MCC Chief Executive Officer Dana Hyde and Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman of the Philippine Department of Social Welfare and...

In an effort to protect the rights of Indigenous Peoples (IPs) and to prepare them  to  be actively involved in decision-making processes for local development, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples...