DSWD to accept applications for gov’t internship program
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MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will accept applications for the government internship program (GIP) from May 19 to May 21, 2025.
According to the DSWD, college students from ages 18 to 25, preferably incoming third and fourth year students, can apply for the internship program.
A total of 75 slots will be open for each DSWD field office while 35 slots will be available in the DSWD central office.
“This is an opportunity for college students to learn life skills in the workplace and at the same time earn money to defray their school expenses,” DSWD spokesperson Assistant Secretary Irene Dumlao said in a statement on Friday.
The agency noted that the applicant’s monthly family income should not exceed the Philippine Statistics Authority’s latest regional poverty threshold. Successful applicants will receive a stipend equivalent to 75 percent of the November 2022 regional minimum wage where they will work for 30 days.
The DSWD will implement the program during the summer school break wherein Dumlao said that the interns “assigned to the DSWD central office will engage in tasks such as administrative works, recording and tracking of incoming and outgoing documents, liaising with other bureaus or offices, photocopying of documents and encoding of reports, among others.”
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Meanwhile, participants coming from the field offices will assist in the operations of the DSWD’s regional offices.
Applicants interested to be deployed to the DSWD central office are advised to communicate with Verlan Rosales, the youth program focal person of the Sectoral Programs Division of the DSWD Protective Services Bureau, through [email protected].
Meanwhile, applicants from different regions may contact their respective DSWD Field Office and communicate with the youth program focal person through https://www.dswd.gov.ph/dswd-field-office-2/. /das
