THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has launched a digital initiative aimed at making the delivery of financial grants under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) more efficient.
Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian led the ceremonial distribution of mobile phones to 4Ps beneficiaries in Infanta, Quezon, as part of the “e-Panalo ang Kinabukasan” Digital Financial Inclusion program.
The activity aligns with the directive of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to accelerate government transactions, particularly in delivering financial assistance to Filipinos.
A total of 150 beneficiaries from the municipalities of Infanta, Real and General Nakar received mobile phones that will enable them to access their cash grants through GCash.
”The president told me and the other Cabinet secretaries to make sure that government transactions, such as the distribution of grants or assistance, become faster,” Gatchalian said. “And to achieve that, we must shift these processes to digital systems.” Gatchalian said that with their grants registered on GCash, beneficiaries will no longer need to travel to payout sites to receive their assistance.
”Now that you are registered on GCash, you no longer need to physically go to different places just to claim your grants,” Gatchalian said.
He also assured beneficiaries that the agency is working to shorten the waiting time for the release of 4Ps grants.
”Before the end of the year, your grants will no longer take 60 days or two months to be released because the plan of the DSWD is for you to receive them within the same month,” he added.
