Cebu City Uses Listahanan To Serve PWDs

The Cebu City Government uses the Listahanan database of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in serving the Persons with Disabilities (PWDs).

The Cebu City Government through its Department of Social Welfare Services (DSWS) is currently serving 10,168 PWDs who receives financial assistance in the amount of Php 5,000.00 each per year.

Out of the 10,168 individuals, there are 476 individuals identified poor in the Listahanan database based on the name matching conducted by the DSWD Field Office VII.

“As a local government unit, we opted to use the Listahanan because it is important that different government agencies will be given a list of poor households that need their specific area of responsibility expertise”, said Dr. Ester G. Concha, DSWS OIC-Department Head.
“Priorities will be focused on, plan of action will be formulated, budget will be assessed accordingly and implementation of giving out specific needs will be done in a timely and orderly manner”, added Dr. Concha.

Aside from the given financial assistance, DSWS also provided other services like issuance of PWD ID card and PWD booklet, provision of assistive devices such as wheelchairs, canes and hearing aids and social enhancement such as personality development sessions.
Listahanan, formerly called the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR), is an information management system that identifies who and where the poor households are in the country.

It aims for the government and civil society to establish objective targeting system on the social protection programs and services to the poor. (PR – Kerwin Macopia)