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
LDN Province utilizes 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
Missing Kin located thru 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
Most Western Visayas poor are in Negros Occidental
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
DOH extends services to Listahanan identified poor senior citizens
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
DSWD to orient LGUs on the conduct of the next family assessment
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
DSWD Caraga promotes targeting system’s brand name Listahanan
Butuan City – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Caraga advocated the new brand name of its targeting system, “Listahanan” in the activity “Lakat Caraga, Iban Kita!” held last December 17, 2013. The activity introduced Listahanan to the Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries and partner agencies in attendance. Regional Director Minda B. Brigoli explained that continue reading : DSWD Caraga promotes targeting system’s brand name Listahanan
DSWD-MIMAROPA enlists Palawan media’s partnership for Listahanan
By PNA and Philippine Times of Southern Nevada The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the MIMAROPA Region held a one-day media forum in this city in a bid for an information and dissemination campaign partnership for the second round of assessment of the Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty continue reading : DSWD-MIMAROPA enlists Palawan media’s partnership for Listahanan
Listahanan poor in MM prioritized in DOH’s “Bantay Ilog, Bantay Estero” Program
Listahanan identified poor in Metro Manila will be prioritized in the pilot implementation of the “Bantay Ilog, Bantay Estero” (BIBE) program of the Department of Health (DOH)-National Capital Region. The BIBE program was launched last December 13, 2013 in Malabon City. DOH-NCR Regional Director Eduardo Janairo explained that the program is a work for health continue reading : Listahanan poor in MM prioritized in DOH’s “Bantay Ilog, Bantay Estero” Program
Targeting System, A Boon for Social Justice
“The State shall promote social justice in all aspects of national development”, thus says the Philippine constitution, a call to address the perennial problem of poverty and adopt measures calculated to insure economic stability and equalization of social forces of the state. Social Justice requires the formulation of development programs responsive to the needs of continue reading : Targeting System, A Boon for Social Justice