TARLAC CITY — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has provided livelihood assistance to 78 beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) as part of the government’s continuing efforts to uplift the lives of the marginalized people.
Under its Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP), the DSWD, in partnership with the city government of Tarlac, distributed Monday some PHP1.56 million worth of livelihood aid to 4Ps members.
Jimbo Soriano, officer-in-charge of the City Social Welfare and Development Office, said PHP20,000 was given to each 4Ps beneficiary who is currently engaged in livelihood or entrepreneurial activities and those who wants to pursue vocational studies.
Soriano said the beneficiaries are 4Ps members from Barangays Baras-baras, San Nicolas and Balingcanaway.
“They were chosen as beneficiaries of the program because they are currently ‘economically active’. We hope that through the financial assistance, their small businesses will expand,” he said.
Those who want to study, Soriano said, may enroll at the Tarlac School of Arts and Trades which is accredited by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority.
He noted that 26 4Ps members in the province have previously received similar livelihood assistance.
The project is also part of the extensive program of Mayor Cristy Angeles which aims to provide employment or livelihood to Tarlaqueños.
Angeles urged beneficiaries to properly manage their respective livelihood projects so they could improve their living standards. (Eden Gutierrez/PNA)
