Sto.Domingo-town-receives-recognition-for-DSWD’s-Gawad-Sto. Domingo town receives recognition as the Regional Awardee for the 2015 Gawad Listahanan of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office V during its 65th founding anniversary on February 19, 2016 at Ibalong Centrum for Recreation, Legazpi City.

Hon.Mayor Herbie Aguas together with the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Officer Ma.Salome Villanueva accepted the plaque of recognition from Regional Director Arnel Garcia on Friday.

The local government used the Listahanan database for the provision of financial assistance, scholarships and referral system.
The municipality entered the competition under the Municipal category contending Jaen, Nueva Ecija and Cabanatuan, Iloilo in the national level wherein Jaen town bagged the title.

Meanwhile, Baguio City won over Bislig City, and Cebu City for the city category, while Iloilo, Pampanga over Palawan for the provincial category.

Regional Director Arnel Garcia extends his gratitude to the local government for the unwavering support to the implementation of Listahanan.

Gawad Listahanan is an award conferred to Local Government Units (LGUs) for providing services to the poor, disadvantaged, and vulnerable.

It aims to promote the convergence of all social protection stakeholders on the identified poor to effectively address the different aspects of poverty.

Spearheaded by the DSWD, Listahanan is an information management system that identifies who and where the poor are. This system makes available to NGAs, LGUs and other social protection stakeholders a database of poor families as a basis for identifying potential beneficiaries of their social protection programs and services. ###