Philippines rewards the poor as Asia's income gap widens PDF Print
Written by John O'Callaghan, Reuters   
Wednesday, 09 May 2012 06:05

MANILA, Philippines - Fe Capco and her five children live in a shack with no running water along a dirt track in eastern Manila. She earns about $100 a month washing clothes and her husband used to bring in about $70 a month driving a motorcycle taxi until he went blind.

But things are better than they used to be.
 
Fe Capco, a beneficiary of government's Conditional Cash Transfer program (L) sits with her blind husband in their shanty in Pateros, Metro Manila April 30, 2012. / REUTERS
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Poverty busters 4Ps score with women on top PDF Print
Written by The Philippine Daily Inquirer   
Wednesday, 09 May 2012 05:38

Two years from now, several community beneficiaries in Cebu will graduate from the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps).
 
As the first batch of graduates from the program, beneficiaries from Barangays Sudlon I and II, Tejero, Duljo Fatima, Lapu-Lapu City, Mambaling and T. Padilla are already preparing to embark on life without help from the government.
 
EMPOWERED WOMAN. Evelina Gok-ong is all smiles with her children, confident in her work as a dealer of beauty products and that her hard work today is for the family’s good future.
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CCT puts more poor children in school PDF Print
Written by Azenath L. Formoso   
Thursday, 26 April 2012 01:59

More poor children are expected to enjoy their basic rights to education and health as the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program reaches 3 million poor households. From 2.3 million households last year, the program which is also widely known as CCT (conditional cash transfer) is now on its fifth level of expansion and has completed 65% of the 4.6 million poor households identified by the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR).

 

DILG Region VIII Director Pedro A. Noval, Jr. presents MOA documents to DSWD Undersecretary Mateo Montano during the MOA Signing held in Tacloban City last March 15, 2012. Similar MOA signings are being conducted nationwide until April 2012.

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WB: Phl a model for cash transfer PDF Print
Written by Neil Jerome Morales   
Thursday, 26 April 2012 03:03

WASHINGTON – The World Bank (WB) has tagged the Philippines as a model in providing a social safety net that cushions the impact of global financial and economic problems.

The Philippines, for its part, wants to improve its Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) by lengthening the period that beneficiaries receive cash.
 
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Bridging community gaps through Pantawid Pamilya PDF Print
Written by 4Ps Social Marketing Unit   
Thursday, 19 April 2012 06:11

Tubaran is identified as one of the most depressed municipalities in Lanao del Sur where rido or feuds between clans and families is prevalent. Rido is characterized by recurring retaliatory acts of violence carried out to avenge a perceived affront or injustice. This has been considered a major factor contributing to the impediment of progress in Mindanao.

 

Family Development Session (FDS) being conducted in Tubaran, Lanao del Sur.

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DSWD and CSOs synergize efforts under the CCT’s Family Development Sessions PDF Print
Written by 4Ps Social Marketing Unit   
Tuesday, 17 April 2012 03:40

 

To advance synergy between the efforts of the DSWD and civil society organizations (CSOs) to support conditional cash transfer (CCT) beneficiaries in escaping from poverty, a CSO Consultation and Planning Workshop on Family Development Sessions (FDS) will be conducted from April 17-20, 2012 at Rembrandt Hotel in Quezon City. More than 100 CSO representatives from throughout the Philippines and regional DSWD focal persons are expected to participate in the activity.
 
Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries in Barangay San Roque, Navotas City attend a Family Development Session (FDS).
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Upholding the dignity of the poor PDF Print
Written by 4Ps Social Marketing Unit   
Tuesday, 27 March 2012 08:04

Layla Meneses, a beneficiary from Bongabong, Oriental Mindoro affirms her dignity as she asserts that being a beneficiary of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program goes beyond receiving cash grants.

 

Layla Meneses giving her testimony during a convergence caravan of the DSWD.

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Hungry for Change PDF Print
Written by 4Ps Social Marketing Unit   
Tuesday, 27 March 2012 07:43

For the longest time, Rossell Arenas would battle the scorching heat of the sun along with other mothers in Capas, Tarlac to collect left out rice grains in muddy fields. At best, she can collect 1 sack of rice grains in a week’s time to feed her family of four. 

 

Rossell and her kids Louie Jay and Louie Cel in their simple kitchen.

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Right Formula for CCT’s Success PDF Print
Written by 4Ps Social Marketing Unit   
Wednesday, 21 March 2012 01:47

It has been five years since Raymond’s wife passed away and left him with their six (6) children. The realization that he may not be able to send all his children to school wracked him with anxiety. 

Pumanaw ang misis ko dahil sa breast cancer. Maraming pagbabago ang kinailangan kong harapin mag-isa,” Raymond narrated.
 
Raymond Buda supports his children by driving a passenger tricycle every day.
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Study Cites Improvement in School Enrollment in CCT Areas PDF Print
Written by Social Marketing Service   
Tuesday, 20 March 2012 06:06

Social Welfare and Development Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman is pleased to note the result of the study conducted by Dr. Rosario Manasan, senior research fellow of the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) where it cited improvement in school enrollment in areas where there are children-beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. The study was published in the November 2011 issue of PIDS Policy Notes.

 

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‘No one left behind’ PDF Print
Written by Rina Jimenez-David   
Wednesday, 29 February 2012 06:13

 

“Let no one be left behind” is a slogan adopted by the Department of Social Welfare and Development to stress the goal of its social protection programs: that no Filipino is left by the wayside as the country pursues development.

 

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