SAN JOSE, Antique (PIA) — The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) ended 2024 with good news with the graduation of 1,770 poor households to self-sufficient families.
DSWD Provincial Link Jeffrey G. Gabucay shared gratitude and delight that more families are responding proactively to the program and making the most of their grants to uplift their families’ well-being.
Department of Social Welfare and Development program ANI or the 4Ps Kilos-Unlad Graduation held last December 10-20, 2024 featured the journey of more than 1,700 families from Antique who ended their journey as Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries.
DSWD- 4Ps Social Welfare Officer Mell Joy P. Braga said that the 4Ps Kilos-Unlad Graduation is an annual activity conducted for the households exiting the program due to improved level of well-being (Self-Sufficient/Level 3) and households with no eligible child for Client Verification (CV) monitoring as certified by RPMO (Natural Attrition).
These households were turned over to the Local Government Unit for post-support services intervention to sustain their well-being upon exit and keep them from backsliding into poverty.
Of the 1,770 who exited the program last year, 1,072 have reached a self-sufficient level of well-being, while 698 were not eligible because their children had already reached the age not allowed for monitoring.
Judith D. Española, one of the graduated beneficiaries from the municipality of Tibiao, said that she is now harvesting the fruit of their hard work and perseverance, assisted by the cash grants they received from the program.
“I am very grateful for the DSWD 4Ps, now I have two licensed professional teachers and two college graduates with a degree in BS Information Technology,” she said.
Another beneficiary, Shana Mae Manato, RSW, a former monitored child and an ESGP-PA Scholar who is now a Social Welfare Officer II of the Tobias Fornier Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office, also shared gratitude to the program.
“I just want to say my heartfelt gratitude to the program because it has helped me a lot to achieve my dreams. Without the 4Ps’ help, I am not sure if I would be able to reach my aspirations.”
She hoped that her story could inspire her fellow 4Ps beneficiaries.
DSWD also shared gratitude to all its partner agencies, local government units, and civil society organizations supporting the program. (AGP/ PSM/ PIA-Antique/DSWD-4Ps)
