Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian acknowledges the achievements of four former Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) monitored children who passed and topped the recently conducted Social Workers Licensure Examination during the 4Ps National Family Congress (NFC) at the Swiss-Belhotel Blulane in Santa Cruz, Manila on Wednesday (October 30).

The Secretary personally conveyed his congratulations to Sheena Mae Obispo from Region 5 (Bicol) who bagged the first spot in the licensure exam; Brigette Wong from Region 12 (SOCCSKSARGEN) in the fifth spot; Sigfrid Garwil Bugas from Caraga Region in the sixth spot, and Marc Danielle Maceda from Region 8 (Eastern Visayas) in the eighth spot.

Since the DSWD started monitoring 4Ps children, the agency has recorded more than 36,000 former child-beneficiaries who have successfully passed various examinations.

Launched in 2008 and institutionalized by Republic Act No. 11310 in 2019, the 4Ps is the national poverty reduction strategy and human capital investment program that provides conditional cash transter to poor households for a maximum period of seven years to improve their children’s health, nutrition and education.