MANILA, Philippines – Tears stream down Zeny’s pale, sunken cheeks as she gazes at the crude stick drawing of a figure of a mother holding on to her children, and continue reading : A Tale of 3 Solo Parents
New scholarship program to cover college education of CCT beneficiaries
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
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
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
New Integrated System to Accelerate Pantawid Pamilya Grievance Resolutions
Recognizing the potential of maximizing the benefits of information technology, the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program has started to put into operation the Unified Information and Communication System (UNICS) that would continue reading : New Integrated System to Accelerate Pantawid Pamilya Grievance Resolutions
DSWD Supports Solon’s Call to Delist Ineligible CCT Grantees
Thirty-seven (37) out of the 96 household beneficiaries reported by the Commission on Audit (COA) as ineligible to Pantawid Pamilya are currently undergoing final stages of validation by the Department continue reading : DSWD Supports Solon’s Call to Delist Ineligible CCT Grantees