CATBALOGAN CITY – Five families who are beneficiaries
of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program now called as the Conditional
Cash Transfer Program of the national government through the Department
of Social Welfare and Development were awarded as the Huwarang Pantawid
Pamilya for Samar Province at the Provincial Capitol Building of Samar.
The awarding was attended by officials from the DSWD Regional Office and THE provincial head of PSWDO, Luz Tacal.
Awarded families were the families of Lucy Regahal of Basey, Samar,
Marilyn Embalzado of San Sebastian, Rowena Advincula of Sta. Rita,
Avelina Mañozo of Gandara and Editha Rebato of San Jose de Buan.
Each family received P5,000 cash prize with plaque of recognition and certificate.
The award given to them was based on their religious compliance of
the three conditions set forth in the implementation of 4Ps program, the
education, health and nutrition aspects.
The certificate also states that the family has “demonstrated
adopting Filipino values and strong family ties thru the Search for the
Huwarang Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino nationwide”.
The five families in Samar province is in addition to the five model
families that were awarded in the province of Leyte, four in Biliran and
five in Northern Samar, while selected family beneficiaries in the
provinces of Eastern Samar and Southern Leyte are soon to be awarded.
Lucy Regahal of Basey, a 48 year old mother of five children, said
that 4Ps program had helped their family a lot, especially in the aspect
of education.
“When I was not still a beneficiary of 4Ps, my husband and I had hard
time in sending our children to school,” said Mrs. Regahal.
Their eldest was already in college and they also have other children
that need to send in school, reason why the studies of their eldest
child was affected.
“But when 4Ps came-in, we felt blessed because we already had chance
to send not just our elder child to college but including our second
child,” Mrs Regahal added.
Mrs Regahal added that through the help of 4Ps, the health condition
of their youngest child become stable as she was able to buy medicines
and vitamins for him.
She added that they were able to learn backyard gardening which
provides them a cheaper source of food for their table as they won’t
need to buy vegetables in the market because they already have them in
their own backyard.
Aside from the cash amount she gets from 4Ps amounting to P2,800, Mrs
Regahal added that she is into a small business by selling rice cake
(puto) and viand in her home while his husband is a “lab-asero”.
“We are grateful that we become beneficiary of 4Ps because it somehow
provides solution to our problems,” said teary-eyed Mrs. Regahal.
She added that the P5,000 worth of cash prize they receive is to be
used for the school needs of his two children who are in college (a
graduating for BS Administration course in Eastern Visayas State
University and her Social Study course at Leyte Normal University) while
the rest will be used for Christmas.
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