DSWD VIII staff of the National Household Targeting System (NHTS) and the Regional Resource and Operations Center (RROC) attended a Social Pension Orientation last March 11, 2019, in preparation for the Social Pension validation in Mercedes and Jipapad Eastern Samar this coming March 13-17, 2019.

This was conducted at the DSWD Extension Office in Marasbaras in Tacloban City by a team headed by Asther Dadulla, Social Pension Section Head.

DSWD OIC-Regional Director Yvonne Serrano – Abonales have instructed said employees to augment in the ongoing validation to fast track data generation needed for aggressive cleansing of the list of existing Social Pensioners, for efficient delivery of benefits and services to elderlies.
During the meeting, the staff learned how to properly fill up the SOCPEN Beneficiary Update form with 22 specific variables.
Each was expected to accomplish 25 Forms or more, until the entire validation on the said areas are done.