DSWD-7 Kicks off Listahanan 2nd Round HH Assessment in CV

(PIA-7) — The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Central Visayas (DSWD-7) kicks off its Listahanan second round of household assessment to update its database of the poor in the region.

DSWD-7 regional director Mercedita Jabagat said, the household assessment has already started here in region 7 and we have deployed our trained enumerators in the field.

DSWD-7 information officer for Listahanan, Kerwin Macopia said in Central Visayas alone, DSWD7 will assess more than 1 million households. There are 524,717 households target in Cebu while Negros Oriental has target of 240,134 households while Bohol has a target of 232,625 households and 18,794 in Siquijor.

Jabagat urged all households to cooperate once their enumerators will go to their houses and to give them the needed information.

In conducting the household assessment, information is gathered using the family assessment form (FAF), a four-page questionnaire with 52 observable and verifiable variables, explained Macopia.

Macopia added that the household will be assessed based on composition; the household members’ highest educational attainment and occupation; features of the housing structure and access to basic services or facilities like water, electricity, and sanitary toilet, households’ ownership of assets and tenure status of housing among others.

Jabagat warned the community to be vigilant during the conduct of the assessment. “There might be bogus or fake enumerators who will knock on their door and ask money before their household will be assessed. This is tantamount to extortion and we will not tolerate this kind of action,” Jabagat added.

Jabagay asked the public to immediately report to DSWD or to the Local Social Welfare and Development Office in case there are fake enumerators.

To report complaints on the Listahanan assessment, one may text to 09178902327 using the format DSWD<space>Listahanan<space>Name<space>Location<space>Question or Complaint.

They can also email to ask.listahanan@dswd.gov.ph or call (02) 717-3770, he added. (mbcn/jsme/PIA7-Cebu/with reports from Kerwin Macopia/DSWD7)