The Department of Social Welfare and Development – National Capital Region through the National Household Targeting Unit or Listahanan started the validation of some 6,999 households in Tondo, Manila on April 4, 2018.

The trained validators went to the area to assess the households who are possible beneficiaries of the Unconditional Cash Transfer (UCT).

“We are glad that the community cooperated and responded positively. Rest assured that the data gathered will be kept confidential. We appreciated the assistance provided by the Local Social Welfare and Development Office and the Barangay Officials and Personnel in Tondo to our validators which resulted to a smooth conduct of validation,” Regional Director Vincent Andrew T. Leyson expressed.

The UCT validation will run until May 2018 completing the validation in 16 Cities and 1 Municipality.

Listahanan is an information management system that identifies who and where the poor are in the country. ###