PUERTO PRINCESA CITY- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office IV-MiMaRoPa conducted a three-day training of 46 newly-hired staff for a special validation of Senior Citizens and Modified Conditional Cash Transfer (MCCT) this month.

The training aims to enable them to articulate the importance of Listahanan and define their roles and responsibilities in the actual conduct of validation.

“Be glad and be proud that you are part of this government program that creates positive change in the lives of our poor families,” said Listahanan, Deputy Regional Project Manager Editha B. Ocampo after emphasizing the functions of field staff.

Eight Area Supervisors, and 38 enumerators from the five island provinces in MiMaRoPa participated in the activity.

The said training discussed various strategies of household interviews such as proper communication. It also highlighted the importance of work ethics and handling of difficult situations in the field to ensure complete, accurate and reliable results.

On the other hand, Regional Information Technology Officer Edwin L. Ibo discussed the details of accomplishing the Barangay Community Characteristics (BCC) Form and the modified Family Assessment Form (FAF) which is critical in identifying household income.

Highlight of the training was a field visit in Barangay San Isidro where staff conducted house-to-house interviews using the FAF as part of the simulation process.

The special validation aims to determine the poverty status of 5,397 beneficiaries of Social Pension Program and 2,107 MCCT beneficiaries in the region and will be spearheaded by the DSWD’s Listahanan- a mechanism that determine who and where the poor are.###