Field Office VII, Central Visayas

Representative Cutie del Mar of Cebu City’s North District and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Field Office-7,  gave away cash assistance amounting to P768 thousand pesos  to the 486 fire victims of the recent fire that  ravaged Brgy. T. Padilla in Cebu City.       

At least 430 houses were totally burned and others were partially damaged  by the blaze, majority of which were shanties made of light materials. 

During the distribution, del Mar also conducted ocular inspection in the fire site and talked with the community’s local leaders about their security of tenure considering that some of the lots are privately owned.  She further assured the residents to help find ways to re-build their structures the Bayanihan way with the help of the benevolent GOs and NGOs. 

Also present during the distribution were former Congressman Raul del Mar, Dir. Ma. Evelyn Macapopbre of  DSWD-7, Brgy. Local Officials and Social Workers both from DSWD and DSWS. (pr-jbg)

Households who were not assessed during the regular enumeration period last year in the identified areas which are considered pockets of poverty conducted by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Central Visayas can now apply for an On-Demand Application for the Department’s National Household Targeting System for Poverty Alleviation (NHTS-PR) project.

Executive Order No. 687 dated March 2010 directs all national government agencies to adopt NHTS-PR as a mechanism in identifying who and where the poor households who shall be recipients of social protection programs nationwide.

This critical activity provides an opportunity for households who were not included in the previous assessment in April 2009 to March 2010 to be listed especially those whose places of residence are identified as within the target area to be included in the Projects database.