The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will award the Gawad Listahanan to local government units (LGU) that have registered the most number of beneficiaries for their locally-funded programs based on the database of poor households of Listahanan. Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) is an information management system continue reading : DSWD to award top LGU data users in the first Gawad Listahanan
In light of the upcoming 2nd round of a nationwide assessment of poor families, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through the ‘Listahanan’ or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR), engaged national government agencies (NGAs) in an orientation forum last week. The forum aimed at enlisting their support on the continue reading : DSWD enjoins nat’l gov’t agencies to support 2nd assessment of poor families
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!
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
“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
The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Bicol has launched Listahanan as the new brand name for National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR). This was held last October 14, 2013 at Alvis, Cafe Daraga, Albay. The event was part of the month-long celebration of the National Statistics Month. In connection with the continue reading : Listahanan Launched in Bicol Region
San Fernando City — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office III unveiled Listahanan as its new brand name for its National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction project during a press briefing held recently at Partyland Restaurant. With is clean and simple logo, Listahanan clearly defines project — an assessment tool continue reading : DSWD launched Listahanan in Central Luzon
The National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) presented a plaque of appreciation to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for the conduct of its special session on the 12th National Convention on Statistics. The session dubbed as the “New PMT Model: Improving Targeting of the Poor for Social Protection” was held on October 1 continue reading : DSWD receives plaque of appreciation on the 12th NCS
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) of Central Visayas will evaluate more than a million poor households in the last quarter of 2013. This is the second time it will identify “poor” and “near poor” families in Central Visayas. How many families will benefit DSWD’s Listahan? 524,717 families in the Province of Cebu will continue reading : DSWD to identify 1M “poor” families in CV
THE Department of Social Welfare and Development through the Listahanan: Talaan ng Pamilyang Nangangailangan, formerly called National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) will now use 46 variables in identifying poor families on its second round of household assessment. This is against the 34 variables used during the first round of assessment in 2009 continue reading : Targeting system use more variables to spot poor families
