The DSWD Field Office IV-A continuously advocates for the use of the Listahanan 3 database of poor households to local government units (LGUs) in the CALABARZON Region. In a series of fora conducted this August 2023, representatives of various LGUs in the provinces of Batangas, Cavite, Rizal and Quezon were re-oriented on the said database, continue reading : DSWD continues lobbying for Listahanan 3 data utilization of CALABARZON LGUs
A total of 733,371 children in the CALABARZON Region have been identified as poor based on the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Listahanan database of poor households. These poor children, who are zero to 17 years old, are from the 202,279 poor households identified in the second round of Listahanan household assessment conducted continue reading : 700K CALABARZON children are identified poor
As a mother of three grade schoolers, Vicky Murillo, 43, sees part-time and short-term jobs as the most convenient way to help her family. “S’yempre gusto ko ring makatulong sa mga gastusin dito sa bahay, lalo na’t lahat ng mga anak ko ay nag-aaral.,” shared Vicky, a resident of Brgy. Bagumbayan in Teresa, Rizal Province. continue reading : A mother’s chance to help the poor
A total of 202,279 households in the CALABARZON Region are poor, announced the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office IV-A during the Regional Launching of the Listahanan 2015 Database of Poor Households in Tagaytay Country Hotel, Tagaytay City last June 20. The said number of poor households is identified based on the continue reading : DSWD identifies more than 202K poor households in CALABARZON
At 73, Lola Jasmin Francisco, a widow, can be seen selling fruits in season in front of her house in Brgy. San Roque in Teresa, Rizal Province. Despite her age, she needs the income, no matter how small, to support most of her needs, especially her medications. She is suffering from high blood pressure, high continue reading : Old but not helpless
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) had completed the second round of the Listahanan household assessment in the CALABARZON Region and is set to release an updated database of poor households by June 2016. The Listahanan, previously the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR), is an information management system that identifies continue reading : Listahanan completes assessment, to release database of the poor
