PNoy gives green light for DSWD’s 2nd nationwide assessment of poor families

President Benigno S. Aquino III has recently approved the P1.9-billion budget for the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to conduct its second Nationwide Assessment that will identify poor families who will be qualified to receive assistance from the government’s social protection programs and services. “This undertaking will update the existing database and provide continue reading : PNoy gives green light for DSWD’s 2nd nationwide assessment of poor families

DSWD to start validation of Social Pension recipients in MiMaRoPa

MALATE, MANILA – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office MiMaRoPa, through the Listahanan, targets 5,652 senior citizens for the house-to-house interviews aimed at validating the poverty status of Social Pension recipients across five island provinces in MiMaRoPa. This number comprised of 2,104 poor senior citizens in Palawan, 1,774 in Oriental Mindoro, continue reading : DSWD to start validation of Social Pension recipients in MiMaRoPa

DSWD to hire 1,245 staff to validate qualified aid recipients

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

Barangay officials in NCR endorse areas for assessment

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

DSWD data show almost half of poor sector are women

According to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), women constitute 48 percent of 28 million poor individuals identified through the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) or Listahanan. Listahanan is a project of the national government that is being implemented by the DSWD. It is an information management system that identifies continue reading : DSWD data show almost half of poor sector are women