Posted on by May Castillo

WESTERN Visayas’ entry in the Gawad Listahanan national awards won the top spot.
Under the City category, Escalante from Negros Occidental bested other 16 Local Government Units which joined the search.
Listahanan, also known as National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR), is an information m

Escalante City Social Welfare and Development Office is implementing an Indigency Program which uses DSWD's Listahanan database of poor households in identifying who most needs government intervention.
Escalante City Social Welfare and Development Office is implementing an Indigency Program which uses DSWD’s Listahanan database of poor households in identifying who most needs government intervention.

anagement system that makes available to national government agencies, LGUs and other social protection stakeholders a comprehensive list of poor families in need of assistance.
Escalante City’s entry “Indigency Program” was able to implement a social protection program that provides direct service to the Listahanan-identified poor, such as scholarships, medical assistance and skills and livelihood trainings.
They were able to use the Listahanan as the basis of their beneficiary identification in the implementation of their locally-funded Indigency Program to serve the poorest of the poor.
Representatives of Escalante will be going to DSWD Batasan Complex on January 29, 2015 for the 1st Gawad Listahanan final awarding and announcement of winners, during the celebration of the Department’s 64th Anniversary.
Escalante will be receiving a plaque citing the highlights of their contribution and significance of their partnership with the Department and a cash prize of P50,000./Merry Jezzel Brendia