Pantawid Pamilya adds 5 more areas in Negros

Monday, November 7, 2011

FIVE more local government units (LGUs) have been added to the roster of LGUs covered by the government-led poverty reduction program, Pantawid Pamilya, in Negros Oriental province.

Bella Tse, Pantawid Pamilya provincial coordinator from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the province, said the additional LGUs for the program’s Set 5 implementation this year are Dumaguete City, San Jose, Tanjay City, Dauin and Valencia.

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A total of 7,511 indigent families identified by DSWD are seen to benefit from Pantawid Pamilya in said areas, said Tse.

These are in addition to the 53,000 families in 17 towns and cities in the province already benefiting from Pantawid Pamilya’s monthly conditional cash grants since the program was first implemented in Negros Oriental in 2008.

DSWD, the government agency spearheading the implementation of said program, is now holding pre-engagement sessions with the additional LGUs for the implementation of said program in their areas, said Tse.

To date, there are three remaining towns in the province not yet covered by Pantawid Pamilya, namely Amlan, Sibulan and Bacong.

“We don’t know yet if there will be a Set 6 implementation of Pantawid Pamilya but if there is, these three areas will then be covered,” said Tse.

Pantawid Pamilya was implemented in seven LGUs when the program first rolled out in the province, followed by three LGUs in 2010 and seven more in 2011. (PIA)