Department of Social Welfare and Development(DSWD)

25 November 2024

Dear FOI User,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated 15 November 2024 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request:

1. Statistics/Number of Orphans in Quezon City (or Philippines) from 2019-Present.
2. Number of established orphanages in Quezon City (or Philippines).
3. Number of locally or internationally adopted children from orphanages in Quezon City from 2019-Present.
4. Management Plans for established orphanages (management plan for the facilities, personnels, risks, etc.)
5. Allocation of resources across orphanages (food, shelter, funds, education, personnel, etc.)
6. Monitoring and Evaluation Reports and Procedure on DSWD-managed orphanages (inspection protocols, criteria for evaluations, etc.)
7. Personnel Structure on Orphanages (staffing, number of personnels, qualifications, etc.)
8. Other data relevant to our request.

Response to your request:

For Item No. 8, Other data relevant to our request, it falls under Memorandum Circular No. 27, series of 2024, titled Protocol for the Conduct of Research Studies in DSWD Offices, Centers, and Institutions. Thus, only Item No. 1- 7 will be processed.

We shall send it to the e-mail address you provided once we have received the response from the concern office.

Your right to request a review:

If you are unsatisfied with this response, please feel free to write the Office of the Secretary at DSWD-Central Office, IBP Road Batasan Pambansa Complex, Constitution Hills, Quezon City, explaining your concerns, and an internal review shall be conducted.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).

Thank you.

Respectfully,

ATTY. GINA V. WENCESLAO

FOI Decision Maker

Dear FOI User,

This is in reference to your request for information that was received via the eFOI Portal on 15 November 2024 with tracking no. #DSWD-612852590693.

Your request:

1. Statistics/Number of Orphans in Quezon City (or Philippines) from 2019-Present.
2. Number of established orphanages in Quezon City (or Philippines).
3. Number of locally or internationally adopted children from orphanages in Quezon City from 2019-Present.
4. Management Plans for established orphanages (management plan for the facilities, personnels, risks, etc.)
5. Allocation of resources across orphanages (food, shelter, funds, education, personnel, etc.)
6. Monitoring and Evaluation Reports and Procedure on DSWD-managed orphanages (inspection protocols, criteria for evaluations, etc.)
7. Personnel Structure on Orphanages (staffing, number of personnels, qualifications, etc.)
8. Other data relevant to our request.

Response to your request:

Upon initial assessment, we noted that your request for information for Item Nos. 4, 6 and 8, falls under Memorandum Circular No. 27, series of 2024, titled Protocol for the Conduct of Research Studies in DSWD Offices, Centers, and Institutions. Thus, only Item No. 1-3 and 5-7 will be processed.

Thus, only Item Nos. 1-3, 5 and 7 will be processed.

Thank you.

Dear Ms. Lactaoen,

This is in reference to your request for information that we received via the eFOI Portal on 15 November 2024 with tracking no. #DSWD-612852590693. The requested information pertains to the following:

1. Statistics/Number of Orphans in Quezon City (or Philippines) from 2019-Present;

2. Number of established orphanages in Quezon City (or Philippines);

3. Number of locally or internationally adopted children from orphanages in Quezon City from 2019-Present;

4. Management Plans for established orphanages (management plan for the facilities, personnel, risks, etc.);

5. Allocation of resources across orphanages (food, shelter, funds, education, personnel, etc.);

6. Monitoring and Evaluation Reports and Procedure on DSWD-managed orphanages (inspection protocols, criteria for evaluations, etc.);

7. Personnel Structure on Orphanages (staffing, number of personnels, qualifications, etc.);and

8. Other data relevant to our request.

Relative to the above request, we would like to endorse the attached response from the concerned DSWD Office.

Additionally, under the Customer Feedback and Continuous Improvement of the Process, kindly fill out the Client Satisfaction Measurement Form as attached to this letter or through this link https://bit.ly/4gIVpxT.

For your information and guidance.

Very truly yours,

HORACIO S. SAMSON, JR.
DSWD Alternate FOI Receiving Officer
Administrative Service-Records
and Archives Management Division