DSWD-7 Calls LGUs to Join the 3rd Gawad Listahanan

In its 3rd year, the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office VII will again recognize Local Government Units (LGUs) for providing services and assistance to the Listahanan-identified poor families.

“Through the Gawad Listahanan, DSWD recognizes LGUs efforts in providing social welfare and social protection services to the poor to help them achieve improved quality of life,” said Regional Director Ma. Evelyn Macapobre.

“As the lead agency in social welfare, we consider social protection and poverty reduction as a shared responsibility among all social protection stakeholders and that includes national government agencies, local government units and civil society organizations,” Macapobre added.

Qualified LGUs must have a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the DSWD on Listahanan data sharing, LGUs should also have locally-funded and implemented social protection program that provides direct service or intervention to the Listahanan-identified poor, such as but not limited to Scholarships, Medical Assistance, and Skills or Livelihood Trainings.

LGUs must be 100% compliant with the annual reportorial requirement of data sharing as stipulated in the agreement.

The competing LGU will choose one (1) locally-funded program that uses Listahanan as basis for beneficiary selection as an official entry to the competition.

The contest has three categories: Municipal Government category, City Government category and Provincial Government category.

DSWD-7 invites municipalities, cities as well as the provinces in Central Visayas region to participate and send their application form.

Application forms can be downloaded from the DSWD-7 regional website – www.fo7.dswd.gov.ph.

Acceptance of application form and write-up for the official entry ends on October 21, 2016.

The awarding ceremony will be conducted during the DSWD’s 66th founding anniversary in January 2017.