CANDABA - Some 4,093 indigent residents here yestrday had received cash grant from the national government under Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), or the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program.
Representatives from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) regional office, Phililippine Postal Corporation and municipal social welfare development office facilitated the distribution of the same.
Myline Biccay, Municipal Social Welfare and Development (MSWD) Office chief said the distribution is regularly being held in three separate venues including Ms. Earth Park in Barangay Mandasig and in two municipal extensions in Barangays Bahay Pare and Salapungan.
"Mayroon tayong tatlong lugar kung saan ipinamamahagi ang pera sa mga beneficiaries natin para hindi na mahirapan pa ang ating mga kababayan sa pagbyahe," she added.
4Ps program is a flagship project of the national government on poverty reduction and social development.
With this, the national government through the DSWD provides conditional cash grant to extremely poor households which is aimed at improving their health, nutrition and education particularly children aged 0-14.
"Masaya po kami dahil mayroon po kaming pera magagamit sa pangangailangan ng aming mga anak lalu sa gamot at pagkain," one of the beneficiaries stated.
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