Northern Mindanao – For the 2nd Quarter of 2015, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will embark on the Listahanan Second Round Assessment which will cover 15.3 million households nationwide. Listahanan is an information management system that the government uses in identifying who and where the poor are. As per Executive Order 867 continue reading : Listahanan Opens Photo Contest for Enthusiasts

Media partners of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Northern Mindanao recently participated in a media tour in Lanao del Norte. The said activity was aimed at giving the media the opportunity to witness actual household assessment conducted by Listahanan or the NHTS-PR (NationalHousehold Targetting System for Poverty Reduction. Area chosen for the continue reading : Media Partners witness Actual Household Assessments

Northern Mindanao — Area coordinators and supervisors of the Department of Social Welfare and Development have initially paid courtesy calls with the City Mayor and Provincial Government Offices of Cagayan de Oro and Misamis Oriental, respectively, in preparation for the Second Round Assessment of the Listahanan, also known as the National Household Targeting System for continue reading : DSWD takes Initial Step for Second Round Assessment

Northern Mindanao -The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through the Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) will be conducting the Second Round Assessment within the month of May of this year. A total of 793,989 households will be assessed for the Second Round Assessment. The first Round Household continue reading : Second Round Assessment Update

The Department of Social Welfare and Development will train 1,654 enumerators this month before the latter’s deployment for the Department’s Listahanan Second Round Assessment come June. The enumerators, along with area coordinators and area supervisors are expected to be deployed immediately after the training, and will be paying courtesy calls to local government units prior continue reading : Enumerators trained for Second Round Assessment

The Department of Social Welfare and Development is set to train 172 area supervisors for the second batch, out of 331 newly-hired area supervisors within this week to prepare them for the upcoming second-round assessment of the DSWD’s Listahanan also known as the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) scheduled within the first continue reading : DSWD trains Area Supervisors for Listahanan Household Assessment

The first batch of the newly-hired workers are now being trained in preparation for the Second Round Household Assessment of the Listahanan formerly known as the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR), which is scheduled within the first semester of this year. According to Atty. Araceli F. Solamillo, Regional Director of the DSWD continue reading : Workers trained for Second Round Assessment

Northern Mindanao – The National Council for Disability Affairs in coordination with the Department of Social Welfare and Development is presently conducting a Seminar on Community Organizing and Strengthening of Organizations of Persons With Disabilities. . The three-day seminar is participated in by forty-five Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) from Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon, Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental, continue reading : Persons with Disabilities Participates in Community Organizing and Strengthening Organization Seminar