The Department of Social Welfare & Development Region 7 has expanded its implementation of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program to eight more municipalities and cities in Negros Oriental. This will be the 5th set of beneficiaries of the said poverty reduction program in the province.
DSWD7 identified the new set of areas which include the cities of Bayawan, Tanjay and Dumaguete and municipalities of Dauin, San Jose, Sta. Catalina, Siaton, and Valencia.
For this set 5 of the 4Ps implementation, some 7,801 poor families are potentially identified to receive financial assistance.
The target households are coming from the 16, 21, and 26 barangays of Bayawan, Tanjay and Dumaguete, respectively. While 23 barangays of Dauin; 14, San Jose; 16, Sta. Catalina; 22, Siaton; and 23 from Valencia which total of 164 barangays are also expected to benefit the program.
As a part of the implementation of the 4Ps, the DSWD recently conducted a program orientation to all potential household beneficiaries from the local government units.
DSWD7 Regional Director Ma Evelyn Macapobre said the orientation included the vital information of the project such as schedule of registration and organization of working teams for the community assembly and registration.
Present during the orientation were members of the Sangguniang Panglungsod and Sangguniang Bayan, barangay captains, the municipal Social Welfare & Development officers, municipal Health officers, local Department of Interior & Local Government representatives, and Department of Education representatives.
The orientation is part of the social preparation to ensure that the LGUs are able to meet the demands brought about by the conditions of the program to beneficiaries.
Director Macapobre said the household are considered beneficiaries after meeting the requirements of eligibility such as having children 0-14 years old, pregnant household member at the time of assessment and households whose economic condition is equal to or below the provincial poverty threshold.
The 4Ps is a national poverty reduction strategy of the government that aims to end the intergenerational cycle of poverty by investing on health, education and nutrition through Conditional Cash Transfer. (PIA/JCT)
