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February 2, 2024

DSWD calls for more support services for exiting 4Ps beneficiaries

An official of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has called for more support services for some 1.2 million household-beneficiaries who are expected to exit from the program this year to ensure that the gains to improve their well-being will be sustained. The call was made by Director Gemma Gabuya, national program manager of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, during the DSWD Thursday Media Forum on February 1 at the New Press Center, DSWD Central Office in Quezon City. “Actually ang ine-expect sa amin by 2024, 1.2 million ang kailangang mag-exit. So, ‘yun ang challenge ko ngayon. We […]

February 1, 2024

DSWD team checks impact of emergency cash aid on quake-hit residents in Sarangani

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) deployed a disaster team in Glan, Sarangani to check the impact of emergency cash transfer (ECT) on the residents who were affected by the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck the province in November 2023. The ECT impact assessment was led by DSWD Asst. Bureau Director Rey Martija of the Central Office’s Disaster Response Management Bureau (DRMB) in coordination with personnel of Field Office-12 (SOCCSKSARGEN). The DSWD disaster team on Tuesday (January 30) conducted a series of house-to-house visits and ‘kumustahan’ to the quake-hit victims to evaluate their current status after they were […]

July 16, 2023

4Ps empowers beneficiaries through Family Development Sessions

Getting out of poverty and living a comfortable life has always been the dream of Cherry and Virgilio Canales for their family. The couple, from Balangkayan, Eastern Samar, worked hard to provide for the needs of their four children. Cherry earned a living by buying and selling copra while Virgilio did sideline work like carpentry. Members of the Canales family are proud of what they have achieved as a 4Ps program beneficiary. Their combined income, however, was still not enough to sustain the increasing needs of their family, especially since all of their children were attending school. Fortunately in 2012, […]

June 23, 2023

Real life stories behind 4Ps – Former 4Ps monitored child fulfills dream of becoming a seaman

“Mahirap mag-aral pero mas mahirap ‘yong walang pinag-aralan.” (It is hard to study but it is even harder to be uneducated). This was Ronel Desales’ motivation to finish his studies and realize his simple dream of providing a better life for his family. The 23-year-old Ronel grew up in a poor family living in the town of Maayon in Capiz. He is the youngest among the seven children of Casilda Desales, a widow. Ronel Desales and his mother, Casilda, during the college graduation ceremony at the Colegio de la Purisma Concepcion in Roxas City. Ronel graduated magna cum laude and […]

June 9, 2023

4Ps couple reaps investment on education; 4 of 10 children now college graduate’s

The 4Ps is a flagship program of the national government on poverty reduction and social development with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) as the lead implementing agency.

June 2, 2023

Out-of-school youth rises to become a licensed teacher through 4Ps

Having an abundant life while living with his whole family was Raffy Borreros’ dream as he grew up in the province of Capiz. Raffy came from a poor household with six members. At an early age, he experienced struggles and challenges while helping his family. After his parents got separated, Raffy and his three siblings were raised by his father who worked as a construction worker and a farmer. (Now a licensed teacher, Raffy Borreros wears a smile after graduating cum laude at the Capiz State University Dayao – Satellite College) “At bilang nakatatandang anak, ako ang nagsilbing ina sa […]

May 26, 2023

Former 4Ps monitored IP beneficiary passes LET

May 19, 2023

Real Life Stories Behind 4Ps – Former 4Ps beneficiary and ESGPPA grantee now a Public School teacher

Education is one of the effective weapons to fight poverty. This was the belief carried by Kimberly Velasco Jumuad as she grew up in the coastal area of Dipolog, Zamboanga Del Norte. Kimberly came from a poor household with five members. She was the youngest of three siblings. Growing up, she saw the struggles of her parents to sustain their family. “I grew up witnessing the hard work and sacrifices of my parents which are evident through their sweat, their white hair, their skin discoloration nanglagum na agi sa kainit (burned from the scorching heat). The pain and exhaustion every […]

May 15, 2023

4Ps on the right track of breaking inter-generational poverty with family-beneficiaries welcome graduation from 4Ps

A family-beneficiary of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) from Los Banos, Laguna, will soon exit from the program and the Fajardo family is not at all anxious of what the future brings, but still they welcome their graduation from 4Ps with open arms. Such is the ultimate goal of 4Ps – for family-beneficiaries to graduate from the program because they have already been equipped with the skills and knowledge to complete their life’s journey towards achieving self-sufficiency. From uncertainty to a brighter future This sums up the Fajardo family’s journey in life. Back in 2006, the Fajardo family hopped […]

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