Case Study Of Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program

This gives these women the chance to manage their earnings and their working conditions. This allows them to be able to send money for their children’s expenses since regular jobs only make them about 1000 pesos a month ($22 American dollars). The regular jobs they could get since their

Secondly, it would be beneficial to gather information regarding economic stability as her husband has been deported back to Mexico (Plummer, Makris, & Brocksen, 2014). With this intention, it is important to provide financial assistance for the purpose of childcare that is reliable as Charo has five children and in addition will need transportation, housing, and more, all that can be obtained through the empowerment approach (Scheuler, Diouf, Nevels, & Hughes,

The Bosla Familia Program is a policy that tries to eliminate child labor through poverty elevation by giving families with a certain low per capita income transfers as long as their children between the ages 6 to 17 years old are enrolled in school (Pais et al., 2013, p. 664). Pais (2013) conducted research on the program and found that it raised school attendance, but it did not stop children from being involved in work activities (p. 666). Even though Pais did not find successful results the United States Department of Labor praises the Bosla Familia program and that it has made notable efforts (para. 2). This praise from the United States Department of Labor has created an inconsistency between which policies are effective and which policies

From 1996 to 2011, poverty was on the rise in U.S households with children. A means-tested transfer program will be utilized to discuss the findings. The World Bank defined “Extreme poverty” as global poverty: a person which only earns about $2.00 dollars per day. By using 1996 to 2008 information that was provided by Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), it was estimated by mid-2011, on any given month, about 1.65 million households were living in conditions that were considered to be extreme poverty with 3.55 million being children and this is based on the cash income. In households where children lived with non-elderly parents, accounted for 4.3 percent. Since 1996 extreme poverty has sharply risen, because of the 1996 welfare

Conditional Cash Transfers are cash grants given to poor families providing they follow the conditions necessary in order to receive these grants. The conditions vary with each CCT program implemented in each country but mainly rely on school attendance, healthcare checkups, and nutritional workshops. But in order to identify how they work efficiently, in-depth analysis is provided.

Depending upon many variables, from economic development, to political structure, corruption, and other external factors, some families need to have their child bringing home a small amount of moneys. Therefore, the child labor phenomenon is reasonable. One important which caused child labor is the poverty. The birthrate is so high that create overpopulation and cause poverty and lack of primary education. One way that many families in traditional societies attempt to cope with the pressure of overpopulation and the resulting unemployment is to send children to urban areas to find cash employment. Sending their child out on the labor force is a way to exchange for small loans or to repay the debts of the parents or grandparents. In most Asia countries, they don’t have social security for the elder, so parents often rely on their children for financial support. There were some disturbing cases that children are bought and sold for cash or for the settlement of a debt. Some

Women became self-sufficient and didn’t need to rely on men. Divorce and separation rates are high, causing women with no educational background to find means of supporting themselves and their children. (Role of Women in the Philippines, 2010-2014). Filipino culture sees immediate family as close and they stay in close contact with parents and siblings.

"Conditional cash transfer programs is poverty alleviation programs that which provide funds to children's actions such as school attendance, their performance and also health care (BoBonis)". The levels of female investment of household resource for their children after divorce. Divorce could increase as a woman greater economic independence. Government transfer programs which is recognized on marital transitions on welfare policies across developed countries it has mostly been examined in middle and low income countries. When a child is growing up in a single parent household it has an effect on the child education

Familias in Acción is a conditional cash transfer program that has managed to have some success in reducing levels of poverty in Colombia. The main objective of this program is to provide monetary assistance to families with children under 18 years of age and for them to use the funds to further the children's health and education. This is achieved in numerous ways such as (a) the consumption of food, the development of nutritional and health care habits, and the nutritional monitoring of children; and, (b) school attendance and retention at basic education levels (i.e., elementary, intermediate, and high school education). In exchange, parents are required to comply with a set of responsibilities that include: (a) monitoring their children’s

The Brazilian Government has set forth a cash transfer program to help aide low income families with children. The program is designed to help low income families, with a cash payment for their family. This program will allow a family to receive about 35 US dollars in a direct cash transfer in the South African countries of, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The transfers are designed to help families build up a better lifestyle for themselves and future generations to come. Upon receiving these funds, they must agree to get health screenings for their kids and make sure they go to school. According to Kamal Baher, the author of “ Is Cash Aid to the Poor Wasted on Tobacco and Alcohol?”, there were over 11 million families and more than 46 million people that have been served through these type programs. The meme represents the struggles of those living in these countries, and because of this, program’s like the direct cash transfer should be ongoing to help aide the poor.

Philippines is an archipelago located in Southeast Asia near the equator. The Philippine archipelago consists of 7,107 islands divided into three major groups of islands which is Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. As of 2016 the Philippine population is estimated to about 102,624,209 (World Fact Book). The Philippine nationality is termed Filipino and its population is made up of various ethnic groups. The national language is called Tagalog, it also the name of the major ethnic group of the country. According to Philippine Statistic Authority the population of urban area accounts for 45.3% of the country’s total population (Urban-Rural Classification). In contrast, the population in rural area is comprised of 54.7% and considered to be the majority population of the entire country. The Philippine climate is predominantly tropical marine where wet season occurs from November to April and is caused by the northeast monsoon. Similarly, the second set of rainy season, is caused by the southwest monsoon during May to October (World Fact Book). Additionally, the Philippine economy has been relatively resilient to global economic struggles because the country is less exposed to troubled international securities. The lower dependence on exports is what makes the country relatively resilient, relying only domestic products, as well as large remittances from millions of migrant and overseas Filipino workers (World Fact Book). The existing account balance has

Now, what can do to finally move forward? The greater challenge for us Filipinos is to understand

Ocampo, he states, “According to Philippine Center for Public Education, 78 percent attended a parent-teacher conference. Parent involvement programs provide a primary way for mothers and fathers to participate in the educational process to engage with their children.” If it wasn’t for the value of family and education as a Filipino, I wouldn’t be the person I am today. They support me through the decisions I make to have a successful future. Overall, the value of family and education has kept me persistent to reach my aspirations in the future by the support given.

Through complaints from beneficiaries of cash transfer programmes, one can know if the financial service providers are meeting their obligations. For example, the Philippine government conditional transfer that target poor households with children used Grievance Redress System to resolve up to five thousand grievances since it was lunch (Social Development Department & East Asia Social Protection Unit (2014). Grievance mechanism is very important mechanism in evaluating the performance of any social intervention programme for the poor.

The work is challenging, exciting, occasionally surreal, yet intensely gratifying in reaching the most vulnerable Filipino children. It also allows me to continuously learn and develop, while helping me achieve my personal goal, which is to make a lasting difference in the lives of my countrymen.