The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Region 7 released nearly P19 million in cash grants last week to more than 2000 families from three towns in Negros Oriental.
The grants are the monetary aid being distributed by DSWD for poverty-stricken families under the government’s poverty reduction program called Pantawid Pamilya (2Ps) program.
The cash grants were released through Land Bank of the Philippines and GLOBE Remit-Gcash.
Regional Director Evelyn Macapobre led the ceremonial conditional cash transfer pay-out together with First District Rep. Jocelyn Limkaiching in Guihulngan and Second District George P. Arnaiz in Mabinay as well as Third District Rep. Henry Pryde Teves and Zamboanguita Mayor Kit Marc Adanza last Monday.
The cash distribution in the two towns came in the heels of the first ceremonial cash pay-out held earlier for 1,058 4Ps beneficiaries from 10 villages in Zamboanguita.
DSWD has recently partnered with Globe Telecommunications to tap the latter’s cash remittance services for an easier and hassle-free distribution of the cash grants to the program’s recipients.
2Ps is the government’s poverty reduction strategy that provides a cash grant for five years to beneficiaries at around P6,000 a year, of which P500 is intended for health and nutritional expenses for each household recipient per month while P300 is for the monthly educational expenses of each child.
DSWD is eyeing a total of 57,000 target beneficiaries in the province.
There are currently 17 LGUs from the three political districts here benefitting from 2Ps. (RMN/PIA-7 Negros Oriental)