In line with the Department’s mandate to be the lead agency to uphold the best interest and welfare of the children and women to include those who are victims of trafficking in Persons and Child Pornography, a roll out training is being conducted. The three –day training is participated in by selected Provincial/City/Municipal Social Welfare continue reading : Training on Psychosocial Recovery, Social and Economic Reintegration of Trafficked Persons Conducted

Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development will be conducting the Second Round Assessment within the first quarter of this year to qualify more poor families to social protection programs, consistent with Executive Order 867 issued to the Department recently. Listahanan or NHTS-PR continue reading : More poor families to benefit from Listahanan

To ensure that more poor households will be able to benefit from social welfare and development programs and services, the Department of Social Welfare and Development, in response to one of its strategic goals, will increase the number of poor households identified in the database of Listahanan, an information management system that the government uses continue reading : Listahanan gears up for more program beneficiaries

In view of the 2nd round nationwide household assessment, the Department of Social Welfare and Development is currently hiring field staff for the following vacant positions with the following minimum qualification standards/Competency-based requirements: NATIONAL HOUSEHOLD TARGETING SYSTEM FOR POVERTY REDUCTION / LISTAHANAN (CONTRACT OF SERVICE) (66) AREA COORDINATORS * Graduate of any four (4) year continue reading : Hiring for Listahanan Second Round Household Assessment ongoing

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through the Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) organized the first-ever Gawad Listahanan or the Data Utilization Awards to confer awards to Local Government Units (LGU) for providing services and assistance to the Listahanan-identified poor families. The activity aims to promote the continue reading : El Salvador , official nominee for Gawad Listahanan

Cagayan de Oro City — During the meeting with the Civil Society Organizations held recently,Ms.Lalae Garcia, Project Manager of Malisa Home, an organization that moves against human trafficking and prostitution, stressed the alarming rate of prostitution in the region which even includes cases involving parents who personally pimp their children to wealthy patrons and foreigners continue reading : Civil Society Organizations unite for Kaya ko ang Pagbabago

CAGAYAN DE ORO – In line with the celebration of the NatIonal Children’s Month,the Regional Haven celebrated the month long celebration with a series of activities. With this year’s theme, “Bata Kasali Ka,Ikaw ay Mahalaga”, the social workers of haven together with the Lourdes College interns conducted a lecture on the rights of children and continue reading : Haven celebrates National Children’s Month

Northern Mindanao- As of October this year, a total of seventy-eight Local Government Units covering the 5 provinces and nine cities in the region have engaged with the Department of Social Welfare and Development through a Memorandum of Agreement relative to the utilization of the Listahanan/NHTS-PR data (National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction(NHTS-PR) . continue reading : Listahanan Data Users and Partners Continue to Increase