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 Field Office X, the trained area coordinators will be deployed in various areas in Northern Mindanao. Part of their responsibilities will be handling area supervisors and enumerators in the areas where they will be deployed.
Modules on how they will be handling various scenarios they and their teams will encounter in the field during the conduct of the household assessment are discussed in the four-day training.
Ms. Morena Fernandez, Chief of the Policy and Plans Division, reminded the area coordinators to take their roles and responsibilities seriously as their function in the household assessment is crucial. She also emphasized to them the high hopes that the Agency has for them as they have been the chosen few among the thousands of applicants in the region.
The training aims to equip the area coordinators with the necessary skills before they will be deployed in the field, and to ensure that they would be able to come up with reliable and exact data from the households that will be assessed. They are also expected to be part of the training team in the next batches of training for area supervisors and enumerators which will be conducted by province in the succeeding weeks.

Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) is the information management system that the government uses in identifying who and where the poor households are needing the various programs and services of the government and other major stakeholders. The database of Listahanan is being centrally managed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development.

Written by Mitzie S.Santiago, DSWD