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 (DSWD) signs a memorandum of agreement with the Department of Energy (DOE) for their partnership in the implementation of the National Intensification of Household Electrification (NIHE) project. NIHE is project that intends to provide basic electricity services to poor households with no access to electricity. This initiative by continue reading : 450,000 Listahanan households to benefit from DOE’s electrification program
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
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has set up voice and text hotlines to respond to queries and complaints regarding the upcoming implementation of the Listahanan 2nd round of assessment. The Listahanan is an information management system that contains a comprehensive list of families in need of social protection programs and services. It continue reading : DSWD opens SMS and voice hotlines for Listahanan
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
Reposted from Bicol Standard website. There are at least 187,673 persons in Bicol who were found to have no access to clean and safe water, as well as exhibit poor cleanliness and sanitation, according to the latest data from Listahanan or the National Household Targeting for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) of the Department of Social Welfare continue reading : Close to 200K in Bicol lack access to safe water–DSWD
Reposted from Metro Cebu News. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 7 will start conducting Local Government Unit (LGUs) Orientation this month regarding on the Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR). Kerwin Macopia, DSWD 7 information officer, told that Bohol is scheduled on April 10 and 11, Cebu continue reading : DSWD-7 Sets LGU Orientation on ‘Listahanan’
Based on the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) or Listahanan in Northern Mindanao, of the 1,861,414 poor individuals assessed, 896,276 or 48.2% comprised the poor women sector. Most (7.5%) of these poor women are laborers and unskilled workers. Of these, 5.5% are engaged in farming, forestry works and fishing. It is also continue reading : Update on the Profile of Poor Women in Northern Mindanao
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
