The Pantawid Pamilya’s Regional Advisory Committee (RAC) recently held a Field Visit for its members from the different agencies of the government including the Civil Society Organization in Madalag, Aklan.

Representatives from the Department of Health, Department of Education, Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, National Commission on Indigenous People, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Department of Agriculture and the Aklan Nacphil Network Incorporated were impressed by the impacts of the Pantawid Pamilya on the health and educational status of children and their whole family after hearing the personal accounts of beneficiaries themselves.

During an interaction with the schoolchildren, the latter said they are now more eager to go to school because “we know the 4Ps (Pantawid Pamilya) is helping us.”

RAC members visited the Medina Integrated School in the mountain barangay of Medina, wherein the entire school population is composed of Indigenous People’s (IP) children, and the Health Center of Barangay Mamba.

“We are thankful that we have partnered with DSWD and we are able to reach out to poor communities especially in very remote areas. It’s always a nice feeling to serve them,” said Rey Salutin, marketing specialist of PhilHealth.

A tree planting activity in Barangay Medina capped the one-day Field Visit as the RAC’s way of showing they are after the children’s future by ensuring they will have a better environment to live in./dswd6/Wenna Berondo-Bendol