By Ellalyn De Vera-Ruiz
Families under the government’s conditional cash grant program are now more equipped in disaster preparedness after regularly attending family development sessions (FDS).
Attendance to the monthly FDS is one of the conditionalities that beneficiaries must comply to receive their grants under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). Pantawid Pamilya is a poverty reduction program being implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
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The other conditionalities to maintain their benefits under the 4Ps are sending their children to school and bringing them to health centers for medical check up.
Aside from disaster preparedness, the beneficiaries also discuss various topics on family matters.
The FDS consists of three modules, namely: Paglalatag ng Pundasyon ng Programang Pantawid Pamilya, Paghahanda at Pangangalaga ng Pamilyang Pilipino, and Partisipasyon ng Pamilyang Pilipino sa Gawaing Pang Komunidad. Disaster preparedness falls under the third module.
One of the topics discussed during FDS is disaster preparedness, which seeks to provide skills and knowledge to beneficiaries so they would know what to do before, during, and after the occurrence of natural and man-made disasters.
To reinforce the importance of disaster preparedness, DSWD also joined National Disaster Resilience Month (NDRM) in July.
Formerly called the National Disaster Consciousness Month, the celebration was renamed to NDRM through an Executive Order No. 29 issued by President Rodrigo Duterte on June 28, 2017, and the observance highlights the shift from disaster awareness building to disaster resilience.
Department of Social Welfare and Development logo (MANILA BULLETIN)
The other conditionalities to maintain their benefits under the 4Ps are sending their children to school and bringing them to health centers for medical check up.
Aside from disaster preparedness, the beneficiaries also discuss various topics on family matters.
The FDS consists of three modules, namely: Paglalatag ng Pundasyon ng Programang Pantawid Pamilya, Paghahanda at Pangangalaga ng Pamilyang Pilipino, and Partisipasyon ng Pamilyang Pilipino sa Gawaing Pang Komunidad. Disaster preparedness falls under the third module.
One of the topics discussed during FDS is disaster preparedness, which seeks to provide skills and knowledge to beneficiaries so they would know what to do before, during, and after the occurrence of natural and man-made disasters.
To reinforce the importance of disaster preparedness, DSWD also joined National Disaster Resilience Month (NDRM) in July.
Formerly called the National Disaster Consciousness Month, the celebration was renamed to NDRM through an Executive Order No. 29 issued by President Rodrigo Duterte on June 28, 2017, and the observance highlights the shift from disaster awareness building to disaster resilience.