Why 
does 
DSWD 
implement
 a 
livelihood 
and 
employment 
program?

The poor 
cannot 
rely 
on 
conditional 
cash 
transfers 
alone 
to 
prevent 
them
 from 
under‐investing 
in 
health
 and
 education.
 They
 also
 need
 to
 be
 productive,
 whether
 as
 entrepreneurs
 or
 employees/workers,
which
 is
 ultimately 
their
 way 
out 
of 
poverty.

Vicente and Susan Rubino of San Remigio, Antique man their kiosk at Poblacion Market. The couple, a beneficiary of Pantawid Pamilya, also received seed capital under Sustainable Livelihood as DSWDs pools resources for the poor through its Convergence Strategy. The strategy aims to achieve maximum results more than what each project can achieve. With the seed capital, the couple has expanded their single kiosk to three with a minimum income of P5,000 daily.
Vicente and Susan Rubino of San Remigio, Antique man their kiosk at Poblacion Market. The couple, a beneficiary of Pantawid Pamilya, also received seed capital under Sustainable Livelihood as DSWD pools resources for the poor through its Convergence Strategy. The strategy aims to achieve maximum results more than what each project can achieve. With the seed capital, the couple has expanded their single kiosk to three with a minimum income nowadays of P5,000 daily.

What
 is 
DSWD’s 
livelihood
 and
 employment 
program?
•   The
 Sustainable
 Livelihood
 Program
 is
 a
 community‐based
 program
 which
 provides
 capacity
 building
 to
 improve
 the
 program
 participants’
 socio‐economic
 status.
 First,
 it
 supports
 microenterprises
 to
 become
organizationally 
and 
economically 
viable. 

Second,
 it 
links 
participants 
to
 employment
 opportunities.

•   The 
specific 
objectives 
of 
the 
program
 are:

1.To 
facilitate 
opportunities 
for 
the
 development
 and
 management
 of 
resource 
based, 
culturally
 sensitive,
market 
driven
 and 
economically 
viable
 micro-enterprises.
2. To
 prepare
 the
 program
 participants
 for
 accessing
 locally
 available
 jobs
 that
 are
 appropriate
 to
 their
 skills 
and 
capacities.
3.   To 
sustain 
and 
expand 
the
 socio-economic
 benefits
 gained
 by 
the
 Pantawid Pamilya 
beneficiaries 
even
 beyond
 the
 five‐year
 intervention
 of
 the
 Conditional
 Cash
 Transfer
 (CCT)
 intervention
 through
 the
Sustainable 
Livelihood 
Program 
and
Guaranteed
 Employment
 Tracks.
4.   To
link
poor
families
included
in
the
NHTS‐PR
list,
prioritizing
the
Pantawid
Pamilya
beneficiaries
to
the
support
 services
 and
 programs
 provided
 by
 the
 partner
 NGAs,
 NGOs,
 CSOs
 and
 Private
 Sector
 for
 entrepreneurial
 advancement
 and
 formal 
employment.
5.   To
 link
 poor
 families
 included
 in
 the
 NHTS‐PR
 list,
 prioritizing
 the
 Pantawid
 Pamilya
 beneficiaries
 to
 micro‐insurance 
providers 
for 
security
 measures brought 
by 
external
 shocks.
6.To
 continuously 
build,
 expand
 and 
update 
the 
portfolio 
of
 public
 and
 private
 sector
 partners
 for
 the 
job 
generation
 needs 
under 
the
 Guaranteed 
Employment Track.
7.To
 promote
 comprehensive 
family
-based  
approach 
and  
community
 participation.