The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office VIII conducted the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program Implementation Review for year 2015 at Sabin Resort and Hotel, Ormoc City, last February 10-12, 2016.

The focus of the said activity was the discussion on Risk Management and the assessment of the 2015 Social Welfare and Development Indicator (SWDI) tool administration, to equip the Pantawid Pamilya staff with knowledge to strengthen their capacity to respond to complex and changing risk environment, particularly in the conduct of SWDI, through risk assessment techniques, risk treatment or strategic plan, and risk monitoring process.

“Risk management is a proactive measure towards uncertain situations that may occur along program implementation,” shared by Regional Program Coordinator Marichu Bustillos.

Meanwhile, the SWDI is a standard DSWD assessment, planning, monitoring, and evaluation tool in the case management process of poor households, primarily the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program beneficiaries.

It helps assess poor household’s level of economic and social well-being as survival, subsistence or self-sufficient. Also, it determines the effectiveness of the interventions and other social services. In SWDI tool, the level of well-being is determined by the indicators of economic sufficiency which is measured by employment, income and social security membership, while the social adequacy is measured by health and nutrition, sanitation and hygiene, housing and other living conditions, educational status of household members and their socio-cultural activities.###