More than 1600 project-based staff were hired for the Listahanan or the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction second round assessment of the Department and Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office IV-MiMaRoPa. This includes the Area Coordinators, Area Supervisors, Enumerators, Encoders and Verifiers.

The province of Palawan has 552 field staff while 124 staff are in Marinduque. There are 234 staff in Occidental Mindoro and 459 staff in Oriental Mindoro. Nonetheless Romblon has 161 field staff. A total of 147 Encoders and Verifiers are hired which will be assigned at the regional office.

“We acknowledge the support of the Social Welfare and Development (SWAD) staff for facilitating the screening of highly qualified applicants. Also, the valuable support of the Local Government Units through the Municipal and City Social Welfare and Development Offices” said Regional Field Coordinator, Ernie H. Jarabejo.

The series of screening of applicants was conducted from July to August 2013 across the five provinces in MiMaRoPa.

Listahanan is the Department’s targeting mechanism of identifying who and where the poor are that started in 2009. The result from the assessment will be the basis of targeting beneficiaries for the government’s social protection programs. ###