Yolanda survivors continue to get cash grant

MANILA, Philippines - Over 5,000 families from the Visayas-hit supertyphoon Yolanda who are beneficiaries of the government's conditional cash transfer program will continue to receive the cash grant even they are now living in Metro Manila and neighboring provinces.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development, the implementing agency of the CCT scheme, advised the beneficiaries of the program to coordinate with local Social Welfare and Development Office where they are currently staying for validation and updating of their household profiles for the processing of their cash grants.

The DSWD said the  beneficiaries need to present any of the following documents to the municipal or city  links: Pantawid Pamilya identification card, cash card, or DSWD agreement.

Those who cannot present the required documents will be validated against the Central Office database of beneficiaries, the DSWD added.

To date, municipal and city links are conducting validation to identify the number of Pantawid Pamilya  beneficiaries who left their typhoon-hit towns.

As of December 28, 2013,  23,489 individuals and 5,572 families from ‘Yolanda’-hit areas flocked to the National Capital Region after the powerful typhoon battered the Visayas region.

Pantawid Pamilya scheme provides education and health cash grants of as much as P1,400 to a family with three qualified children provided they send their children to school and to health centers for check-ups, and attend Family Development Sessions.

To date, Pantawid Pamilya program benefits 3.94 million families and 8.92 million children nationwide.