DAVAO City– The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through its poverty-alleviation program – Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, will release around P 27 million cash grants to Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries in the Pablo-hit areas of Cateel, Baganga and Boston in   Davao Oriental; and Monkayo and New Bataan in Compostela Valley.

The cash grants that will be disbursed are for the payroll period of September to October 2012. For Davao Oriental, DSWD will disburse P4,058,800 to the 1,901 Cateel family beneficiaries; P 8,460,700 to 3,876  Baganga recipients; and P 2,029,000 to 954 Boston beneficiaries. The  payout will be released by Baybank at the respective municipalities on the following schedules: Dec. 13-14 in Cateel and Boston and Dec. 14-15 in Baganga, Davao Oriental.

Further, the department will release P 7,057,400 grants to 3,742 Monkayo grantees on December 18. While some 2,726 family beneficiaries in New Bataan will receive P 5,528,200 cash subsidy on December 17. Cantilan Bank will service the payouts in these two municipalities.

The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or the “Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT)” program is a rights-based approach in combatting poverty in the country. It has the same goals of breaking the intergenerational cycle of poverty by providing cash grants to identified poor households in the country to help improve the health, nutrition and education especially of children aged 0 to 14 years old. The families must then comply with the program conditions on health, nutrition, education and family development sessions prior to getting their grants. At present, the program has  176,330 beneficiaries in all four provinces in Davao Region.

For queries, clarifications and updates on DSWD’s relief operations, you may contact any of these text hotlines 0917-6429366 (Globe), 0928-8681532 (Smart) and 0922-7710061 (Sun). ###