Philippines’ Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Program

Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program

About the program

Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program is a human development program of the national government that invests in the health and education of poor households, particularly of children aged 0-18 years old.

Patterned after the conditional cash transfer scheme implemented in other developing countries, the Pantawid Pamilya provides cash grants to beneficiaries provided that they comply with the set of conditions required by the program.

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News and Stories

180,000 Pantawid Pamilya student-beneficiaries go back to school

A total of 181,228 student-beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program have returned to school through its Bata Balik Eskwela (BBE) campaign that aims to encourage children who stopped going to school to enroll again and value education. This number is from the program’s June to August 2019 data, and more student-beneficiaries are expected to enroll …

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Pamilya Darauay: Sipag at tiyaga ang puhunan sa pagtawid sa kahirapan

“Madalas kaming hindi kumain ng tatlong beses sa isang araw. Ang mga anak ko, hati-hati pa sa isang supot ng biskuwit maginhawaan man lang saglit ang kanilang kumakalam na mga bituka sa maghapon.” Ito ang salaysay ni Rizalina Darauay, isang maybahay at benepisyaryo ng Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) mula sa Annafunan, Tuguegarao City, habang …

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DSWD helps facilitate release of salaries of 4Ps workers in BARMM

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is working closely with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to help facilitate the release of salaries of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) implementors in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). This developed following a news report that was aired over a TV …

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DSWD welcomes institutionalization of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) lauded the signing into law of Republic Act 11310 institutionalizing the government’s flagship poverty reduction program known as the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps. 4Ps is an investment in human capital which seeks to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty by focusing on education and health …

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First from the Mountains: A Graduation Story of a Girl from Tau’t Bato

Coming from a tribe which has long been isolated in the mountains, Juda Diklay, 25, a member of the Tau’t Batotribe in Palawan province, found it difficult to keep pace with her classmates when she first started school after being given an opportunity to study in the city. Juda was the first in her tribe to …

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Pantawid Pamilya women making waves

Women from poor households do not always get opportunities for higher education, good employment, and other things that are important to help them combat the poverty cycle in their own families. It seems that many do not regard women as important drivers of development. But social protection programs like Pantawid Pamilya aim to stop this …

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