DSWD distributed P79 M in 4 towns
PANGASINAN IS POOREST IN REGION
Some 10,350 beneficiaries in the poorest towns of the province received P79 million in financial assistance in the first year of operation of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4P) being implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
The grantees came from Urbiztondo, Bolinao, Aguilar and Mabini, the four towns identified as the poorest in the 2006 poverty incidence survey conducted by the National Statistics Coordinating Board.
Venus Rebuldela, 4P coordinator in Pangasinan, pointed out that the province is considered as the poorest in Ilocos Region and the four towns top the list among municipalities.
The 4P is a poverty reduction strategy of the national government that provides cash grant to extremely poor households to allow them to meet certain human development goals in exchange of compliance to set responsibilities.
Under the program, beneficiaries get P6, 000 a year or P500 per month per household for health and nutrition expenses, and P3, 000 for one school year per child for educational expenses. A maximum of three children per household is allowed.
In return, 4P beneficiaries are required to comply with set requirements, including: pregnant women must avail pre and post natal care, parents must attend responsible parenthood sessions, 0-5 year old children must receive regular preventive health check-ups and vaccines, 3-5 year old children must attend day care or pre-school classes at least 85 percent of the time, 6-14 year old children enrolled in elementary or high school must attend at least 85 percent of the time and must receive de-worming pills twice a year.#
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