The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office II conducted a training on Leadership and Advocacy for some parent leaders of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program in Hotel Kimikarlai, Tuguegarao City on March 30-31, 2016.
The two-day training was filled with modules and exercises about Leadership, Building the Core and Effective Communication. These topics equipped the PLs with necessary skills to further perform their duties and responsibilities as leader beneficiaries and to be partners of DSWD in advocating Pantawid Pamilya in their respective municipalities and cities.
“Ang inyong mga boses bilang benepisyaro ay mahalaga, na dapat mabigyan ng pagkakataon upang mapakinggan,” emphasized Dir. Joel C. Espejo of the Social Marketing Services, who also served as a Resource Person for the training.
The PLs were also given pointers on how to take part in the promotion of Pantawid Pamilya, to showcase the program’s impacts not just in the lives of the beneficiaries but in the community as well, which is vital in harnessing the support of legislators to institutionalize the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Bill.
In this connection, the parent leaders expressed their desire for the institutionalization of Pantawid Pamilya as this will pave the way for the continuous improvement of their well-being.
“Napakalaki ng naitulong ng programa sa aking pamilya, sa pag-aaral at kalusugan ng aking mga anak. Dahil sa Pantawid Pamilya, nagging miyembro kami ng PhilHealth at nung nagkasakit ang aking asawa, ni piso ay wala kaming binayaran,” Josibel Sibal, a parent leader from Ugac Sur, Tuguegarao City, said.
“Marami rin akong natutunan sa pamamagitan ng Family Development Sessions at mas umunlad din ang aking kaalaman dahil sa mga seminar at trainings,” she added.
Meanwhile, the parent leaders who attended the training represented the provinces of Cagayan, Isabela, Quirino and Nueva Vizcaya.
Pantawid Pamilya is a human-development and rights-based program of the national government which is being implemented by DSWD. The program invests in the health and education of poor Filipino children aged 0-18 years old by providing cash grants in exchange of compliance to certain conditionalities. ### By MARICEL B. ASEJO, Information Officer II – Pantawid Pamilya