Despite the ongoing weather disturbances and to ensure that the Quick Response Teams (QRTs) are always ready, skilled, and compassionate in providing rights-based disaster response, the Disaster Response Management Bureau (DRMB) will be conducting the five-day Writeshop for the Development of Psychological First Aid Training Manual for Multi-Sectoral Humanitarian Response this September 1 to 5 continue reading : DRMB to hold psychological first aid writeshop to strengthen humanitarian response

As part of its ongoing strategic transformation efforts, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) welcomed representatives from BearingPoint, a consulting firm providing technical support to the Department in designing and implementing a comprehensive digitalization strategy. The engagement, which happened on August 6, 2025 at the DSWD Central Office, included a field visit and continue reading : DRMB charts digital future for disaster response, highlights initiatives during strategic consulting visit

To ensure a swift and unified government response to reduce the impacts of Mt. Kanlaon’s volcanic activities and accelerate community recovery, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through the Disaster Response Management Bureau (DRMB), participated in the Kanlaon Task Force Dialogue led by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) on July continue reading : DSWD reinforces commitment to Kanlaon Recovery, outlines social welfare initiatives during Dialogue

Image courtesy of DSWD Field Office MIMAROPA When it comes to tackling immense challenges such as climate change, food insecurity, and biodiversity loss, sometimes the most effective solutions are the simplest: working with nature, not against it. Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) are actions that restore and manage our ecosystems to address these interlinked challenges, offering benefits continue reading : From Land to Life: Project LAWA at BINHI’s Nature-Based Path to Climate Action

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through its Disaster Response Management Bureau (DRMB) has significantly augmented the disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) capabilities of DSWD Field Office MIMAROPA through the provision of Camp Coordination and Camp Management and Internally Displaced Persons’ Protection (CCCM and IDPP) Training of Trainers on May 26-30, 2025. continue reading : DRMB conducts CCCM-IDPP Training of Trainers in MIMAROPA

In a heartfelt ceremony held on Monday (05 May) at the Katapatan Boardroom of the DSWD Central Office in Quezon City, Secretary Rex Gatchalian extended his sincere gratitude to the dedicated members of the Philippine Rapid Response Deployment Team (PRRDT). These volunteers made significant contributions to the relief efforts for the survivors of the March continue reading : DSWD Secretary recognizes PRRDT who provided relief efforts in Myanmar quake

The DSWD Disaster Response Management Group (DRMG) conducted a five-day Work and Financial Planning Workshop for Fiscal Year 2026 on April 21 to 25, 2025, in Cebu City. The planning workshop served as a venue to develop and harmonize a detailed, realistic, and actionable Work and Financial Plan of DRMG, which was actively participated in continue reading : DRMG leads discussion on 2026 Work and Financial Plan

On behalf of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian, Disaster Response Management Bureau (DRMB) Director Maria Isabel Lanada served as one of the keynote speakers at the 1st National Convention of Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (LDRRM) Officers and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Practitioners held on April 24 in continue reading : DRMB Director Lanada graces 1st National Convention of LDRRMOs and DRR Practitioners