The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through the Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTSPR), will hire and train 1,245 staff to conduct the special validations for the beneficiaries of Social Pension for Indigent Senior Citizens and Modified Conditional Cash Transfer (MCCT) Program. They will be assigned as area continue reading : DSWD to hire 1,245 staff to validate qualified aid recipients
In support to the Listahanan second round of assessment, the barangay chairpersons and officials of the Local Government Units (LGUs) in Metro Manila have identified “pockets of poverty” in their respective areas to be included in the forthcoming enumeration of households this year. Department of Social Welfare and Development – National Capital Region (DSWD-NCR) Regional continue reading : Barangay officials in NCR endorse areas for assessment
The Department of Social Welfare and Development through the Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR), conducted pilot testing of the assessment tools that will be used for the upcoming 2nd Nationwide Assessment. “This activity aims to check the correctness, clarity and flow of questions in the Family Assessment Form (FAF) continue reading : DSWD pilot tests survey tools for the 2nd assessment
Evangeline Roz is a volunteer health worker in Barangay Bani, San Narciso, Quezon Province. She has 9 children and because of limited income, the needs of their children could hardly be, until their household was surveyed and an opportunity for a better life begun. This survey referred to by Evangeline and many other poor households continue reading : Survey noon, Listahanan na ngayon!
Re-posted from Business World Online DAVAO CITY — The City Health Office (CHO) is eyeing the poor residents on the list of the Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction as beneficiaries of Implanon, a new contraceptive that will prevent pregnancy for up to three years. Implanon was recently introduced in the continue reading : Davao City to implement new contraceptive plan using Listahanan
The Provincial Government of Lanao del Norte utilizes Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Listahanan for the implementation of its anti-poverty programs. Listahanan is an information management system that identifies poor families needing assistance. The province was one of the local government units, which entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with the DSWD in continue reading : LDN Province utilizes Listahanan
Poverty and family feud prompted her to leave town. Sixteen years later, Jenaline Antipatia Burgos returned but with no memory of what happened years back. Jenaline was 17 years old when she left Barangay Rizal, Oton, Ilo-ilo to work in Valenzuela City as a house helper. After five years, she moved to Quezon province to continue reading : Missing Kin located thru Listahanan
Re-posted from Visayan Daily Star About 35.3 percent of the poor households in Western Visayas could be found in Negros Occidental since 2010, Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System of Poverty Reduction’s (NHTS-PR) records showed. Of the 392,710 poor households identified in Region 6, there were 138,664 from Negros Occidental. Iloilo province is ranked continue reading : Most Western Visayas poor are in Negros Occidental
The Department of Health (DOH) is a national government agency responsible for ensuring access to basic health services of all Filipinos, especially those among the marginalized sectors. With the help non-government organizations (NGOs) and local government units (LGUs), DOH instituted a national health program that provides an integrated health service to poor senior citizens identified continue reading : DOH extends services to Listahanan identified poor senior citizens
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) thru Listahanan will conduct orientation with officials of Local Government Units (LGUs) in Cagayan Valley in the first quarter of 2014. The orientation aims to enlighten LGUs on the next family assessment likewise their duties and functions such as to provide the department with municipality spot map, continue reading : DSWD to orient LGUs on the conduct of the next family assessment
