SHS – Understanding Culture Society and Politics

Name: John Paul Faurillo Score: _____

Grade and Section: 12-Resiliency

2nd Quarter
WORKSHEET No. 4

Directions: Complete the table below by listing down 5 Government agencies that
are related to poverty and transnational migration. Based on the government
programs, determine the corresponding contributions it brought to the society and
describe how it is being implemented.

Poverty

Government Agency Major Contribution Implementation

1. Department of Social Welfare poor and vulnerable families, such social workers and community-
and Development (DSWD)
2. Department of Labor and
Employment (DOLE)
3. Commission on Population and
Development (POPCOM)
4. Department of Agriculture (DA) 3. Provides family planning and
5. Department of Environment
and Natural Resources (DENR)
1. Provides social assistance to 1. The DSWD has a network of
as cash grants, food assistance, based organizations that provide
and livelihood programs. services to poor and vulnerable
2. Provides employment services, families. The DSWD also works
such as job matching, training, and with other government agencies,
wage and hour enforcement. such as the Department of
Education and the Department of
reproductive health services. Health, to provide comprehensive
4. Provides agricultural support to services to poor families.
farmers and fisherfolk, such as 2. The DSWD has a network of
subsidies, crop insurance, and social workers and community-
technical assistance. based organizations that provide
5. Protects the environment and services to poor and vulnerable
provides sustainable livelihood families. The DSWD also works
opportunities to communities, such with other government agencies,
as watershed management, such as the Department of
reforestation, and ecotourism. Education and the Department of
Health, to provide comprehensive
services to poor families.
3. POPCOM has a network of
family planning clinics and health
centers that provide services to
couples and families. POPCOM
also conducts public information
campaigns to promote family
planning and reproductive health.
4. The DA has a network of
extension workers and agricultural
research centers that provide
services to farmers and fisherfolk.
The DA also works with other
government agencies, such as the
Department of Trade and Industry
and the Department of Finance, to
provide financial and technical
assistance to the agricultural
sector.
5. The DENR has a network of
forest rangers and environmental
officers that protect the

Government Agency
1. Commission on Filipinos
Overseas (CFO)
2. Department of Foreign Affairs
(DFA)
3. Bureau of Immigration (BI)
4. Department of Labor and
Employment (DOLE)
5. Department of Trade and
Industry (DTI)
environment. The DENR also
works with other government
agencies, such as the Department
of Tourism and the Department of
Trade and Industry, to promote
sustainable development and
provide livelihood opportunities to
communities.
Transnational
Migration
Major Contribution Implementation
1. Promotes the welfare of 1. The CFO has a network of
Filipinos overseas, such as overseas posts that provide
providing assistance to OFWs and services to OFWs and their
their families. families. The CFO also works with
2. Protects the rights of Filipinos other government agencies, such
abroad, such as providing as the Department of Foreign
consular services and advocating Affairs and the Department of
for the interests of Filipinos Labor and Employment, to protect
overseas. the rights of OFWs.
3. Regulates immigration and 2. The DFA has a network of
provides assistance to overseas embassies and consulates that
Filipino workers (OFWs). provide services to Filipinos
4. Protects the rights of workers, abroad. The DFA also works with
including OFWs, such as enforcing other government agencies, such
labor laws and providing as the CFO and the Department of
assistance to workers who have Labor and Employment, to protect
been mistreated by their the rights of Filipinos abroad.
employers. 3. The BI has a network of
5. Promotes trade and investment, immigration offices and embassies
which can create jobs and that provide services to immigrants
opportunities for Filipinos, and OFWs. The BI also works with
including OFWs. other government agencies, such
as the DFA and the Department of
Labor and Employment, to protect
the rights of OFWs.
4. The DOLE has a network of
labor offices and embassies that
provide services to workers,
including OFWs. The DOLE also
works with other government
agencies, such as the DFA and
the BI, to protect the rights of
workers.
5. The DTI has a network of trade
offices and investment promotion
agencies that promote trade and
investment. The DTI also works
with other government agencies,
such as the DFA and the CFO, to
promote the welfare of Filipinos
overseas.