Cebu City– In line with the implementation of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in this city, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)’s Region 7 office has allocated P250 million for the project’s five-year duration period.
Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña and DSWD’s Margarita Sampang who supervised the implementation of the Program, signed a Memorandum of Agreement (M0A) to formalize the partnership with the City distributing financial assistance amongst identified beneficiaries.
The Program is a poverty-reduction strategy by the Government which includes the provision of conditional cash transfer to extremely poor households identified by the DSWD.
It hopes to break the poverty cycle by addressing hunger, low educational achievement, high maternal and infant mortality rate, high malnutrition rate and child labor among the poor.
The Program also entails the direct provision of cash to family beneficiaries where parents are obliged to send their children to school and visit health centers regularly.
To recall, DSWD 7 has identified 10 most depressed areas in the city, including Barangays Tejero, T. Padilla, Sawang Calero, Duljo-Fatima, Inayawan, Mambaling, Kalunasan, Sudlon I, Sudlon II, and Tagba-o.
These barangays have a total 3,000 identified beneficiaries of 4Ps wherein each family beneficiary will receive cash aid from the DSWD over a five-year period. Under the program, R6,000 is given to each family for health and nutrition expenses every year for six years and P3,000 for each child, up to a maximum of three children per family for educational expenses.
Moreover, each household with three qualified children shall receive a subsidy of P1, 400 per month or P15, 000 annually as long as they comply with the requirements.
Beneficiaries unable to comply with the DSWD-prescribed requirements will be subject for suspension of the cash grants or, worse, expelled from the program.
The program is expected to provide primary education, reduce child mortality, improve maternal health and promote gender quality.
To date, some P3.5 million have already been disbursed by DSWD 7. The amount represents the first batch of cash distributed under the program in the city. A total of P46 million has been distributed in the entire region.
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