The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) releases today the profile of targeted poor families based on the result of the LISTAHANAN second round of assessment implemented in 2015. The second assessment, which covered 15.1 million households, identified 5.1 million targeted poor households nationwide. This latter figure translates to 5.5 million targeted poor families continue reading : DSWD launches results of the 2nd nationwide assessment
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) shortlisted (9) local government units in the search for the 2nd Gawad Listahanan awardees. Gawad Listahanan is an award conferred to Local Government Units (LGUs) for providing services to the poor, disadvantaged, and vulnerable. Earlier this year, the 1st Gawad Listahanan was awarded to Dalaguete, Cebu for continue reading : DSWD announces finalists for 2nd Gawad Listahanan
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) or Listahanan is currently conducting tablet-aided enumeration in identified pockets of poverty in 9,997 urban barangays nationwide. The use of the mobile device as a data collection tool is among the Department’s innovations for the 2nd round continue reading : DSWD enumerates households in urban barangays using tablet devices
The Department of Social Welfare and Development, through the Listahanan, is currently conducting simultaneous training across all regions for field staff who will implement the 2nd round of assessment in the 2nd quarter of 2015. In 2009, the DSWD conducted the first assessment which resulted to the identification of 5.2 million poor households out of continue reading : DSWD training of field staff for household assessment ongoing
The Government of Nepal will send a delegation to the Philippines to learn from the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) experience in implementing the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR), also known as the Listahanan. The study visit will be conducted from March 9 to 13, 2015. Listahanan is an information continue reading : Nepalese delegation to visit Philippines for Listahanan Implementation
More than 33,000 poor fisherfolk identified through the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s Listahanan shall be prioritized in a livelihood support program of the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR). The program, known as the Targeted Actions to Reduce Poverty and General Economic Transformation (TARGET) in the fishery sector, aims to provide continue reading : 33,000 DSWD-identified poor fisherfolk to get livelihood aid
By Jessa J. Agua/NSA (The Freeman) | Updated November 14, 2014 – 12:00am CEBU, Philippines – Two local government units in Central Visayas have tapped Department of Social Welfare and Development’s National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) data as basis for their programs that target the underprivileged constituents. The municipalities of Dalaguete in continue reading : 2 LGUs in CV tap DSWD’s Listahanan
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will conduct the learning forum dubbed as “People at the Edge: Defining the Near Poor of the Philippines” on October 7, 2014 at the Sulo Riviera Hotel, Quezon City. During the activity, DSWD will present the results of the study entitled, “Analysis of the Near Poor Challenge and Strategy continue reading : DSWD to present policy on near poor
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
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
