Over 1113 Pantawid beneficiaries from across the 18 barangays in Sulat, Eastern Samar participated in a municipal-wide clean-up drive and tree planting in commemorating the 5th year’s enactment of the 4Ps into a law.
The annual activity was led by the DSWD Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps)- Municipal Operations Office (MOO), in partnership with the municipal and the barangay local government units of Sulat Eastern Samar.
Ma.Eva Duclay, a Parent Leader from Brgy San Juan, said, “An activity nga gindumara kakulop in pagpahinumdom han ika-lima ka tuig nga anibersaryo han petsa nga nahisabatas an 4Ps Act. An Pantawid Pamilya nga programa in dako nga bulig para ha amon nga mga kablasanon. Ilabi na han parte [pagbulig pag-paeskwela] han akon mga kabataan. [Pinaagi hini], Dako an akon pagsarig nga an akon mga kabataan in magkamay-ada mabingungahon nga kabubwason.”
[The activity that was conducted yesterday commemorates the 5th anniversary of the date that the 4Ps Act became law. The Pantawid Pamilya program is a big help for poor households like us. It helps particularly in the education of my children. Through this, I am confident that my children will have a successful future.]
The 4Ps law or the Republic Act No. 11310 or “An Act institutionalizing Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps)” was signed on April 17, 2019. The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) is a rights-based program that seeks to enable poor households (HHs) to meet human development goals, particularly on health, nutrition, and education outcomes, so that they can eventually break the inter-generational cycle of poverty.
(credits to: DSWD 4Ps ML Hermie Oraya)
