A World Bank officer said the government’s Conditional Cash Transfer Program helps its beneficiaries make more money.

Cyril Muller, Vice President for External Affairs, made this comment during his recent visit and interaction with the beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program from Brgy. Sta. Ana, Taguig City after learning that they have started investing in various income generating projects.

Rosalie Sapilan, 47 years old with seven children happily shared to Muller and DSWD Secretary Soliman that DSWD taught her how to start a business and that she was assisted through its Self-Employment Assistance-Kaunlaran (SEA-K) program.

“I vend fish and vegetables to earn a living so that I will not just rely on the cash grants that we receive from the government,” said Rosalie in Tagalog.

Other beneficiaries also shared that Pantawid Pamilya program has helped them send their children to school and committed that they will continue sending them to school even if the program ends after five years.

Muller, Soliman, and other World Bank delegates were also pleased to learn from the beneficiaries that the regular health check-up improved the health status of their children while their attendance to family development sessions taught them values that strengthen family relationships.

Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program is a human development program of the national government that invests in the health and education by providing cash grants to poor households with children 0‐14 years old and/or pregnant mothers, provided that they comply with the conditions set by the program.

In NCR, some 205,780 household beneficiaries have been registered in the program; and 7,913 of them are from Taguig City.