Success noted in DSWD’s Pantawid Pamilya program

Tuesday 22nd of March 2011

TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Mar 22 (PIA) -- Positive impact have been noted since the implementation of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).

Based on Social Weather Station’s (SWS) study on the program, improvements in school attendance, use of health services, immunization coverage, child nutrition, and knowledge on maternal health services were seen in 2010.

The study also revealed that more students and parents attend extra-curricular activities; students come to school with better clothing and equipped with project materials and food, making them more active in classrooms.

Similarly, the 4Ps has been observed to play a major role in reducing child labor especially in rural areas, as many poor parents are now able to send their children to school.

In the region, the program has already 192,000 beneficiaries all over the region, covering 91 municipalities and 3 cities, based on the report from the DSWD regional field office.

The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps is a poverty alleviation program of DSWD, geared towards the realization of the country’s Millenium Development Goal. The program was piloted in 2007 and launched nationwide in 2008.

With the sustainability of the program, there is high hope that aside from poverty reduction, socio-economic inequality between the rich and the poor will also be minimized, not only in the region but in the whole nation as well. (PIA 8/DSWD)