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 Poverty Reduction, which is being spearheaded by the Department.

Mr. Teddy Sabugaa, City Social Welfare and Development Officer of Cagayan de Oro expressed the Local Government’s support for the conduct of the household assessments. According to him, the LGU is committed to provide vehicles and guides for the enumerators, especially for those assigned in the hinterland barangays.

The Provincial government of Misamis Oriental through the Acting Assistant Provincial Administrator, Atty. Ma.Caridad San Jose, who represented Governor Yevgeny Emano during the courtesy call, also committed to provide guides to the DSWD personnel during the assessment.

A total of 235,741 households in Misamis Oriental, including Cagayan de Oro, are targeted for the assessment, while 17, 434 households in Camiguin are currently being assessed.

Listahanan is an information management system that the government uses in identifying who and where the poor are. It is currently being used by some national government agencies, LGUs, and social welfare providers as their basis in providing social services.

Written by Mitzie S. Santiago, DSWD