MANILA, June 28 (PIA) — About 105,502 poor households in Mimaropa still have no access to sanitary toilets, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) database shows. The National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTSPR), the targeting system of “who and where the poor are” of the department identified that 43 percent of continue reading : Poor households in Mimaropa need sanitary toilets
MANILA, April 22 (PIA) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development – Mimaropa urges stakeholders to enter into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on data sharing and use of Listahanan’s data on poor households to identify beneficiaries of their social protection programs. Data Generation and Sharing is the last phase of DSWD’s Listahanan or continue reading : DSWD IV-B urges stakeholders to share data
Despite the country’s recent economic growth there are about 1,027,183 individuals aged 15 years old and above categorized as poor individuals in Central Visayas identified by the DSWD’s National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction or NHTS-PR household assessment. Forty-three percent or 441,291 of these are without any occupation. Meanwhile, 25.3% of these poor individuals continue reading : DSWD-7 Shows 43% of Poor Individuals are Unemployed
TUGUEGARAO CITY, June 24 (PIA) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) – National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) has conducted an essay-writing contest among government employees to gauge their knowledge and views on the targeting system of the government. Administrative Assistant Aileen Aglaua of NHTS-PR said that the essay contest continue reading : DSWD holds essay-writing tilt for Gov’t employees
About 1.5 million students in the entire Central Visayas trooped to different schools for the opening of classes last week. However, according to the data gathered by the Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) about 41,634 individuals in Central Visayas did continue reading : DSWD-7 Data Reveals 41T Poor Unable to Pursue Education in CV
The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Region IX launched the Regional Profile of Poor Households on May 24, 2013 at Astoria Hotel, Zamboanga City. DSWD-IX Assistant Regional Director Consejo Usman’s unveiling of the life-sized copy of the “Regional Profile of the Poor” highlighted the event. The regional profile features statistical data describing the continue reading : DSWD unveils Region IX’s Profile of Poor Households
CEBU, Philippines – Famed to be a tropical paradise, Apo Island, off the coast of Dauin town in Negros Oriental, had captivated people with its emerald sea water, secluded beaches, colorful corals and rich marine life. It is a haven and a bigger-than-life aquarium where you can freely interact with sea turtles. Despite its natural continue reading : DSWD-7 reaches out to Apo Island families
A Cebu-based non-government organization (NGO) hailed the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for coming up with a database that identifies the poor in the country. “I’m really thankful for the DSWD’s Listahanan or National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) because we already have an identified list of poor children and youth. continue reading : Poverty database helps spot scholars
“We are thankful for NSCB’s timely release of the 2012 Poverty Statistics”, said DSWD Director Vincent T. Leyson, Program Manager of Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR). The National Statistics Coordination Board (NSCB) has recently released its official report on the Philippine poverty status for the first half of 2012. continue reading : DSWD commends NSCB’s timely release of poverty statistics
The National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) project was featured in the recently conducted Social Welfare and Development (SWD) Forum of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) held at the Hotel Rembrandt, Quezon City. The forum focused on the experience of the National Household Targeting Office (NHTO) in identifying who and continue reading : Social welfare and development forum features NHTS-PR
