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) is in need of 47,644 field workers to implement the Listahanan 2nd nationwide assessment. These comprise of 1,277 area coordinators, 6,383 area supervisors, 31,908 enumerators, 4,038 encoders and 4,038 verifiers, who will be tasked to collect information from 15.3 million households in 1,490 municipalities and 144 cities continue reading : DSWD now hiring staff to do survey of poor families
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
“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
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, October 1 (PIA) – The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) expressed appreciation to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) listahan. During the Listahanan Inter-Agency Dialogue and Press Conference held recently here, one of the highlights was the testimonial of PhilHealth 10 representative Marlon Arrabaca relative to their engagement with continue reading : PhilHealth 10 lauds DSWD for Listahanan data sharing and utilization
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through the Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR), joins the biggest statistical convention of the year that will tackle the topic “New PMT Model: Improving Targeting of the Poor for Social Protection.” Dr. Dennis Mapa, an expert on poverty, population and economic continue reading : DSWD tackles new PMT model at National Statistics Convention
Ninety Nine percent (99%) or 131 Local Government Units (LGUs) in Central Visayas inked a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to utilize its database of poor families. Only the town of Loay in Bohol has yet to sign the data sharing agreement. “Building partnerships with LGUs and continue reading : LGUs in Central Visayas Inks MOA with DSWD for “Listahanan”
MANILA — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will conduct in the last quarter of the year a 2nd nationwide assessment to identify “poor” and “near poor” families needing assistance of anti-poverty programs and services. This was announced by the DSWD Friday during a press briefing at the La Breza Hotel in Quezon continue reading : DSWD to conduct 2nd round of assessment of ‘poor’ and ‘near poor’
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) – Field Office I has recently conducted a consultation dialogue with staff of the Local Government Units in Ilocos Sur and Ilocos Norte regarding utilization of the database of poor families known as Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR). Listahanan is an continue reading : DSWD encourages use of its database
DAVAO City- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office XI is preparing for the second round of region-wide family assessment through the Listahanan project or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR). “We are planning to assess 793,770 households by September this year,” stated Listahanan’s Field Coordinator Elvie Bahinting. To ensure continue reading : DSWD-XI prepares for family assessment, 2448 workers needed
