The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) welcomes Malacañang’s issuance of Executive Order (EO) No. 44, which establishes the WALANG GUTOM
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has urged all government agencies to support the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) implementation of the
'KONTRA GUTOM'. Nutritionally at-risk women in Pangasinan receive food packs from the Zero Hunger Task Force, Pilipinas Kontra Gutom movement, and the provincial government of Pangasinan Monday (Oct. 25, 2021). There are a total of 3,200 beneficiaries in the province. (Photo by Hilda Austria) LINGAYEN, Pangasinan - Some 200 out of 3,200 nutritionally at-risk pregnant women in Pangasinan have received food packs from the anti-hunger multi-sectoral movement, Pilipinas Kontra Gutom, the Task Force Zero Hunger, and the provincial government of Pangasinan in a ceremonial program Monday. In an interview, Task Force Zero Hunger chairperson Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said the project is one of the initiatives of the task force in partnership with private sectors and the local government units to fight hunger in different provinces. "One of the problems brought about by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic is hunger and malnutrition so we wanted to protect one of