The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) targets to register a total of 7,192 new household-beneficiaries in Zamboanga Peninsula region in the database of the country’s conditional cash transfer program, the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). The registration of new 4Ps beneficiaries is in accordance with National Advisory Committee Resolution 43, which institutionalizes a replacement policy that allows continue reading : DSWD adds over 7,000 new beneficiaries in 4Ps

The Department seeks the cooperation of the public to report any improper activity or misdoings that involve the program beneficiaries of the country’s conditional cash transfer program, the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps. Through the program’s online grievance redress mechanism called the 4Ps TRACKS, the public may submit reports of misbehaviour of 4Ps beneficiaries continue reading : DSWD: Misbehaving 4Ps beneficiaries can be reported

Tiktilaok! Says the rooster in the backyard. The morning greets him first before anyone does. The wind is still cold as it envelops the morning dew. Little rays of sun begin to kiss the trees, the leaves, and plants. It is still early for most families, but Aldrin Sanaan is already up, hustling. The life continue reading : The Rising SON of the South

(A 4Ps Beneficiary Testimonial) In the humble municipality of San Pablo in Zamboanga Del Sur province, we have met CRISTITA VILLARICO GEMIDA, a 42-year-ol mother of two and a beneficiary of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. Her husband, Roque C. Gemida, was originally from Cebu City. He moved to the province to look for a simpler continue reading : More than just grants

“We are not lazy, we just need access and opportunity,” this is the cry of many beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). How can we equate poverty with indolence? How dare we belittle the hard-work of each poor individual who works relentlessly in the farm, covered with sweat and mud under the heat continue reading : 4Ps families: Not lazy, just need access

Digital transformation is the approach newly adopted by the DSWD-IX to address issues and grievances filed under its flagship program, the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). Last November 12, the Department launched its newest grievance mechanism that utilizes the technology and the internet to capture reports and complaints and act on such. The 4Ps TRACKS continue reading : 4Ps goes digital in addressing complaints

Convergence, in this context, is when two or more organizations unite in addressing specific social welfare concerns of a family/ies. It is often said that no man is an island. The same is true with social services delivery especially if the target is poverty alleviation. Not one agency will be able to do the job continue reading : Success: a result of convergence