DSWD-7 Holds Voters Ed for 4Ps Beneficiaries

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-7) conducted a series of Voters’ Education sessions and discussion of election info-briefer to its Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries to further strengthen the election-related and active citizenship campaign.

The effort aims to provide beneficiaries with information that will importantly guide them in protecting themselves and the 4Ps program from possible exploits during the elections.

In the activity, Pantawid Partner beneficiaries were encouraged to exercise their right to suffrage and protect its secrecy and sanctity, amid the spread of fake news on the program’s implementation and the approaching elections.

Pantawid Information Officer Kerwin Macopia, who led the discussion and distribution of the election info-briefer to the Pantawid partner-beneficiaries in the cities of Mandaue, Lapu-Lapu, and Cebu, emphasized the misconceptions of the beneficiaries and other people about the program and elections.

“Wala’y laing makapatangtang ninyo sa programa kon dili ang inyo lamang dili pagsunod sa mga kondisyon niini ug kung wala na kamoy mga estudyante nga makarga sa programa (You can only be removed from the program if you fail to comply with the set conditions of the program or if you no longer have eligible children for monitoring),” said Macopia.

The beneficiaries were encouraged to report any anomalies or suspicious activities related to PantawidPamilya and elections in their area to the DSWD or city/municipal link nearest them.

The 4Ps is a program of the national government that invests in the health and education of poor households primarily of children aged 18 and below.

It provides cash grants to compliant household beneficiaries with health grant worth P500 and educational grant worth P300 and P500 for each children studying in elementary and high school.

Apart from that, the beneficiaries are also entitled with a rice subsidy in the form of cash amounting to P600, said Macopia. (jsme/PIA7-Cebu/DSWD-7)