Poverty Alleviation

As for poverty being the biggest problem in the country,

children are the most affected ones in the poorest parts of
this

problem…
Millions of Filipinos suffered in poverty. No food, no
shelter, and no job to fulfill their basic need everyday..
 The government take this
problem seriously. They
believe that there shouldn’t
be left out in the midst of
the night with an empty
stomach or sleeping in a
cardboard laying in the
ground.

With the help of the government , here are some programs

that they take into actions for the battle to alleviate
poverty…

PANTAWID PAMILYANG PILIPINO

PROGRAM 4P’S
What is 4Ps?
4Ps is a poverty reduction strategy that provides grants to extremely poor households
to improve their health, nutrition and education particularly of children aged 0-14

4Ps has dual objectives:

Social Assistance – to provide cash assistance to the poor, to alleviate their

needs (short term poverty alleviation)
 Social Development – to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty through
investments in human capital (nutrition, health and education
4Ps is patterned after the successful Conditional CashTransfer (CCT) Programs in
Latin America and Africa. CCT has been cited as one of the key factors behind the
positive socio-economic outcomes achieved by Brazil where 11 million families are
 Access to free Education
The Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education
Act, officially designated as Republic Act 10931, is a
Philippine law that institutionalizes free tuition and
exemption from other fees in state universities and
colleges (SUCs), and local universities and colleges
(LUCs) in the Philippines.
Most Filipino children attend public schools,
which are funded by the government and free to
attend. The quality of education at public schools
remains poor; classes are large, teaching material is
lacking and teachers are poorly paid.

A Sustainable Livelihood Program, or

SLP
is a community-based program which provides
income-generating activities to low-income
households. The SLP seeks to curb and ultimately
reduce poverty by giving jobs and training to people,
as well as by moving highly low-income households
into a viable means of support
What are the examples of livelihood program?
Services
 Supplementary Feeding Program.
 Social Pension Program for Indigent Senior
Citizens.
 Recovery and Reintegration Program of
Trafficked Persons.
 Minors Travelling Abroad.
 Domestic Adoption.
 Alternative Family Care Program.
 Sustainable Livelihood Program.
 Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program

With the help of HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, these policies and programs are made.
HUMSS will give every learner a deeper understanding of culture, politics, literature, arts, and
society - how these factors' complexity is appreciated during the pressing issues concerning them
most specially this issue concerning poverty
HUMSS develop the needed knowledge and skills in bringing about positive change through the
study of social science theories and concepts, community-based realities, study of culture, society
and politics, discussion on moral issues.