Through the Students Grants-in-Aid Program for Poverty Alleviation (SGP-PA), college education is no longer a remote dream for poor students whose families belong to the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program also continue reading : New scholarship program to cover college education of CCT beneficiaries
Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries may soon avail of PhilHealth benefits
Social Welfare and Development Secretary Dinky Soliman hailed the issuance of PhilHealth’s Circular that provides entitlement of all Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries to the National Health Insurance Program (NHIP) benefits in continue reading : Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries may soon avail of PhilHealth benefits
Beware of Text Scams!
We would like to warn the public, particularly Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program beneficiaries, on text scams currently circulating. The text message, coming from a certain Lea Ramos which states “Congratulations, continue reading : Beware of Text Scams!
Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries can open P50 savings account
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has partnered with Globe Telecoms and Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) in a bid to encourage low-income families continue reading : Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries can open P50 savings account
Philippines rewards the poor as Asia’s income gap widens
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 continue reading : Philippines rewards the poor as Asia’s income gap widens
Poverty busters 4Ps score with women on top
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 continue reading : Poverty busters 4Ps score with women on top
WB: Phl a model for cash transfer
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 continue reading : WB: Phl a model for cash transfer
CCT puts more poor children in school
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 continue reading : CCT puts more poor children in school
‘No one left behind’
“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 continue reading : ‘No one left behind’
‘Special’ children of the 4Ps
The schoolhouse in Barangay Cogon in the Island Garden City of Samal sits at the end of a dirt path leading from the community basketball court and barangay center. Dropping continue reading : ‘Special’ children of the 4Ps