Apart from vowing to improve the quality of life of the Filipino people living in poverty, Mr. Marcos also said he hopes the country would one day end the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), the government’s conditional cash transfer-- READ MORE:
beneficiaries from Tondo, Manila on Tuesday, with DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian and Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio witnessing. A banner also shows the recipients what food they can get for their P3,000 in monthly credits . PCO Photos
The pilot is funded with $3 million in grants from the Asian Development Bank and the World Food Program. The government’s “Walang Gutom 2027” program requires an annual budget of P40 billion to provide the targeted beneficiaries with P3,000 worth of food stamps per month. “We will put in all the programs so that one day we can say that we are able to give our people, at the very least, the food that they need to survive, the nutrition that they need to survive,” Mr. Marcos said.
The Chief Executive also noted the relevance of the FSP as he recalled the learnings of the Philippines and the Filipino people when the country was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic when everyone experienced difficulties in terms of the prices of basic commodities and in terms of the supply of agricultural commodities.
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