CROSSING POVERTY THRESHOLDS. DSWD Program development officer Cherrie Merin (center with the mic) revealed the DSWD offer for interest-free capital assistance for 4Ps beneficiaries, to make sure they can start off with an earning livelihood that makes them avail of better purchasing power to be able to cross the poverty threshold. With here is 4Ps provincial link ANgelita Genil and DSWD entrepreneur Berlie Reyes. (PIABohol)

TAGBILARAN CITY –Beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) will have a new opportunity of graduating from the poverty class as the government offers them business capital after the cash transfer program ends in 2015.

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) information officer for the 4Ps Program Aileen Lariba and project development officer Cherrie Merin said the cash grants for health and education to poor families will continue for five years before it bows out.

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