TAGBILARAN CITY, May 19, (PIA) –The
Department of Social Welfare and Development announces the opening if this
year’s search for Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) model families, the
judging of which will happen a few weeks from now.
4Ps information officer Phoebe Jen Indino
said the Provincial search for Huwarang Pamilya is on its fourth year now; and
in the first three years, the provincial winners also dominated the regional
rounds of competitions and evaluation enough for the Boholano winning families
to represent Central Visayas in the national categories.
Speaking at the Kapihan sa PIA, which was
also aired live ever DyTR AM, Indino hinted the this year, the regional DSWD
has challenged Cebu and Siquijor families to join in the search which would be
evaluated on merits of compliance with the DWSD cash transfer conditions, as
well as religiously demonstrating the lessons learned from the family
development sessions.
The search aims to encourage beneficiary families
to maintain good standing in the community and serve as role models to other
families in exercising family values and by being productive, DSWD said.
The over-all impact for the model family is bringing
positive change in the community, DSWD added.
The challenge even becomes more daunting in
Bohol, which has sent in its provincial winners topping the regional search and
getting picked in the national level competitions.
In 2013, on the first year of the Huwarang
Pamilya search, Hermocilla Sederiosa Family of Sagbayan, zoomed to the top of
all provincial contenders and made it biggest in the regional finals.
Representing Region 7 in the national level
competitions, the Sederiosa Family brought home the 4th over-all
award, placing Central Visayas and Bohol in the limelight.
The following year, after a long
desk-validation and ocular assessment, the Ewican Family of Alegria Carmen won
big and lumped the regional finals to represent Central Visayas in the national
search.
The Ewicans came home with the meat-bag: a
second runner up finish in the national level evaluation. Later, the Ewican
Family again rejoiced after a similar accolade came for their child, who also
won a national award.
In 2015, Torrentira Family of Dagnawan
Sagbayan proved their decision to resettle in Bohol and start a new life was
also a blessing in disguise.
Winning for themselves the Bohol search for
the Huwarang Pamilya that year, the Family also made it to the regional finals
and came home with the 10,000 regional winner cash award.
The Torrentiras also automatically
represented Central Visayas in the national level and came home with the second
runner up honors.
This year, as the competitions open, the
DSWD, which has successfully replicated and enhanced the search, urges Boholano
4Ps beneficiaries to bring their stories out and inspire the country.
To date, about 59,957 Boholano family
beneficiaries stand a slot to be chosen, Indino, who used to write for a
national daily prior to her 4Ps stint said.
The Provincial search is set in Tagbilaran
on June 1, according to information officer Indino. (rac/PIA-7/Bohol)
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