MORE than one month after experiencing the wrought of the strongest typhoon ever to hit the country, the Capiz Provincial Operations Office of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program held a successful payout for the program beneficiaries in the municipality of Dao in Capiz.

Despite holding the payout in a dilapidated multipurpose covered court in Dao, Pantawid Pamilya personnel were able to make the activity efficient and convenient for the beneficiaries. It took five hours to finish the validation and the actual payout that was done last December 18, 2013 covering 20 barangays in Dao.

A total of P2,818,800 cash grant was given to 1,290 household–beneficiaries through over-the-counter payment led by Mambusao Rural Bank. The cash grants covered the period September-October 2013 or Period 5.

A household with three qualified children receives a maximum subsidy of P1,400 per month for their education and health.

Many of the Pantawid Pamilya members are still trying to recover from the effects of super typhoon Yolanda. As of December 2013, the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office VI (DSWD6) reported that there were 133,629 partially and totally damaged houses in Capiz, including both members and non-members of the conditional cash transfer program.

The prompt release of cash grants, according to the CCT members, was helpful in purchasing the needs of their children after losing their school supplies and clothing. The subsidy could also be used in repairing their ruined houses. (DSWD)