The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is happy with the results of the Social Weather Stations’ fourth quarter of 2024 survey, showing 59 percent of adult Filipinos are satisfied with the general performance of the administration of President Marcos.
Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao of the DSWD’s Disaster Response Management Group on Sunday credited the favorable approval rating to the whole-of-nation approach of the Marcos administration.
“As the lead agency in social protection, the DSWD expressed its commitment to enhancing the implementation of social protection programs to better serve the disadvantaged and marginalized Filipinos,” said Dumlao who is concurrent DSWD spokesperson.
Based on the SWS report, helping victims of disasters got +65 in December 2024 (up by three points from +62 in September 2024); improving the quality of children’s education got +60 in December 2024 (unchanged since September 2024), and helping the poor got +57 in December 2024 (up by 6 points from +51 in September 2024).
The Marcos government was also rated +46 in “ensuring food security, preparing for problems caused by climate change garnered +38, and telling the truth to the people, +34.
“We also have a Disaster Response Command Center, Mobile Command Centers and mobile kitchens — all part of the innovations of the DSWD, in collaboration with other government agencies, to improve our disaster response,” Duma said.
“For the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), we are adding the First 1,000 Days (F1KD) grant that aims to cover essential health and nutrition expenses during this critical period of a child’s life. It aims to provide monthly health grants worth P350 to female 4Ps beneficiaries who are pregnant and households that have children from 0 to 2 years old,” she said.
“We are also continuously implementing the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation, Sustainable Livelihood Program and Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services,” she pointed out.