The DSWD has assisted not only the needy and poor residents in Lupon but also thousands of indigent senior citizens in 21 barangay.
WHAT is Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program?
Pantawid Pamilya is a conditional cash transfer program that provides incentives for poor families to invest in their future by ensuring that mothers and children avail of healthcare and that children go to school. As such, it is a human development program that invests in the health and education of children.
At the same time, the cash grants alleviate current poverty by providing immediate relief from cash flow problems. Such extra cash received on a bimonthly basis is especially important for poor households that have irregular or seasonal income.
WHY is this project needed?
Pantawid Pamilya is geared towards attaining the five of the eight Millennium Development Goals:
(1) Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger,
(2) Achieve Universal Primary Education,
(3) Promote gender equality and empower women,
(4) Reduce child mortality, and
(5) Improve maternal health, and to promote Department’s commitment to United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of Children.
Targeting System
The poorest households in the municipalities are selected through the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) implemented by the DSWD using the Proxy Means Test. This test determines the socio-economic category of the families by looking at certain proxy variables such as ownership of assets, type of housing, education of the household head, livelihood of the family and access to water and sanitation facilities.
Eligible Households
- Residents of the poorest municipalities based on 2003 Small Area Estimates (SAE) of NSCB;
- Households whose economic condition is equal to or below the provincial poverty threshold.
- Households that have children 0-14 years old and/or have a pregnant woman at the time of assessment;
- Households that agree to meet conditions specified in the program.
4Ps Payout held at LUPON GYM
4Ps Payout in DONCAMAR
