4Ps Beneficiaries: We Work Hard, We Don’t Just Wait!

Many people throw stones at other people especially when they have very little knowledge about the issue at hand. This is the case of many 4Ps beneficiaries whom the public openly criticize for allegedly being lazy and dependent on people’s taxes. The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) is the national poverty-reduction strategy that aims to continue reading : 4Ps Beneficiaries: We Work Hard, We Don’t Just Wait!

Convergence Caravan Empowers Subanen Tribe

Last 2020, the Provincial Operations Office (POO) of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in Zamboanga Sibugay headed by Provincial Link Evalinda Jimeno went to a far-flung area where services of government could hardly reach to assess the situation of an indigenous tribe and provide social services to the needy. Sitio Logdeck, a Geographically Isolated continue reading : Convergence Caravan Empowers Subanen Tribe

Broken, Broke, Break: A 4Ps Story of Heartbreak and Success

BROKEN Have you ever been heartbroken like your whole life was shattered into pieces? Joan Ebo, young girl from Barangay Saluyong, Municipality of Manukan, Zamboanga Del Norte, surely did; not once but multiples times. Her first and probably the biggest heartbreak she encountered yet was when her own father, the very man that she looked continue reading : Broken, Broke, Break: A 4Ps Story of Heartbreak and Success

Paying It Forward

“I -almost- cannot finish my studies,” she said. Due to poverty and her mother’s health condition, April Joy Minasa almost stopped schooling back when she was in grade school. This is common to most poor families in the country. Children opt to either stay at home to take care of the family or work to continue reading : Paying It Forward

Batang 4Ps, Tumatawid ng 13 na Ilog at Sapa upang Makapag-aral

Sa malayong-malayong sitio ng Logdeck sa Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay, nakita naming naglalakad si JUMAR OCNIP. Siya ay 11 taong gulang pa lamang at nasa Grade 6. Kilo-kilometrong layo ang kanyang nilalakad ng higit 4 na oras pababa mula sa 2 bundok. Nabasa na rin siya ng ulan sa kanyang paglalakad. Ngunit hindi ito natinag dahil continue reading : Batang 4Ps, Tumatawid ng 13 na Ilog at Sapa upang Makapag-aral

Subanen Tribe Celebrates Community’s First-Ever College Graduate

A Mountain Of Obstacles The Subanen Tribe is an Indigenous People (IP) living in Zamboanga Peninsula. They are mostly living in mountainous areas where there is suba or river hence the name Subanon or Subanen. In our effort to provide inclusive social services to the poor and the disadvantaged, the DSWD visited an IP community continue reading : Subanen Tribe Celebrates Community’s First-Ever College Graduate