Close to 9 million 0-18 year-old-children are being supported by the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s (DSWD) Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) by providing cash grants to help them attend school and keep them healthy.
“This is the primary objective of the program – to keep the children healthy so that they can go to school and eventually get a fighting chance to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty in their families,” Asst. Secretary Irene Dumlao, the DSWD spokesperson, said on Wednesday (February 12).
The DSWD official said the program is on the right track in meeting this objective emphasizing that as a human capital development program, the 4Ps was able to help 1,013,769 monitored youth to graduate from high school, and 476,289 monitored 4Ps children to complete the elementary level, as of December 2024.
Close to 40,000 former 4Ps beneficiaries also became board passers with 65 of them topping various licensure examinations.
According to Asst. Secretary Dumlao, the 4Ps has more than 4 million active households in 2024, with the largest number coming from the Bicol Region having 377,147 4Ps members.
Asst. Secretary Dumlao said the 4Ps also continues to remain inclusive with members of the vulnerable sectors such as senior citizens, solo parents, indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities being among the program beneficiaries.
As of December 2024, a total of 1,223,183 senior citizens, 284,800 solo parents, 269,747 indigenous peoples, and 50,200 persons with disabilities were among the 4Ps beneficiaries receiving the cash grants to help them send their eligible children to school and keep them healthy.
The DSWD spokesperson said the 4Ps operates across all 18 regions in the country, including the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
“Despite logistical challenges in the BARMM, the 4Ps continues to serve 230,463 active households in the region,” Asst. Secretary Dumlao pointed out.
“It is also interesting to share that as of December 2024, 86 percent of the total 4.4 million registered grantees were female while 13.98 percent were male,” Asst. Secretary Dumlao said.
Launched in 2008 and institutionalized by Republic Act (RA) 11310 in 2019, the 4Ps is the national poverty reduction strategy and human capital investment program that provides conditional cash transfer to poor households for a maximum period of seven years to improve their children’s health, nutrition and education. (AKDL)
Tagalog Version
9M monitored na bata ng 4Ps, patuloy na sinusuportahan ng DSWD
Halos siyam na milyong kabataan na may edad 0-18 taong gulang ang patuloy na sinusuportahan ng Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) sa pamamagitan ng pagbibigay ng tulong pinansyal upang matiyak ang kanilang edukasyon at mabigyan ng maayos na kalusugan.
“This is the primary objective of the program – to keep the children healthy so that they can go to school and eventually get a fighting chance to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty in their families,” ani DSWD Spokesperson Asst. Secretary Irene Dumlao.
Ayon pa sa opisyal, base sa December 2024 record, natulungan ng programa ang may 1,013,769 monitored child na pawang nakapagtapos ng kanilang pag-aaral mula high school, at 476,289 monitored 4Ps children sa elementary level.
Bukod dito, halos 40,000 former 4Ps beneficiaries ang nakapasa sa iba’t-ibang board examinations kung saan 65 sa mga ito ang nag-top.
Sabi pa ni Asst. Secretary Dumlao, ang 4Ps ay mayroong mahigit sa 4 million active households nitong 2024, kung saan ang Bicol Region ang naitalang may pinakamalaking bilang na 377,147 4Ps members.
Base sa tala ng December 2024, may kabuuang bilang na 1,223,183 senior citizens, 284,800 solo parents, 269,747 indigenous peoples, and 50,200 persons with disabilities ang mga benepisyaryo ng 4Ps at tumatanggap ng cash grants.
“Despite logistical challenges in the BARMM, the 4Ps continues to serve 230,463 active households in the region,” sabi pa ni Asst. Secretary Dumlao.
Dagdag pa niya, “It is also interesting to share that as of December 2024, 86 percent of the total 4.4 million registered grantees were female while 13.98 percent were male.”
Ang 4Ps, ay inilunsad noong 2008 at naisabatas ng taong 2019 batay sa Republic Act No. 11310 o 4Ps Act, na nagbibigay ng cash grants sa mahigit sa 4 million households at nagbibigay ng subsidy sa mga anak upang makapagtapos ng elementary at senior high school. Nagbibigay din ang programa ng health at nutrition grants.# (MVC)
