Early “Meguyaya Festival” in Upi as 4Ps Pay Out

Early “Meguyaya Festival”  in Upi as 4Ps Pay Out

Nuro, Upi (July 2, 2015) …Thousand of beneficiaries from the 23 barangay of Upi, of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) will  received their pay-out  again this morning,   for   past year  2014     at the Upi gymnasium.

inside Upi Gmnasium

As if Early “Meguyaya Festival, regular vendors and instant vendors display their goods, foods, drinks, dried fish and other items around the gymnasium and also in the public market, transient vendors from Cotabato City display their ukay-ukay (used items), fruits, vegetables and dry goods.

 Last  4Ps pay out, a “small fish vendor”  sell about 20,000 comparing to ordinary day of  1,000-2,000 only.

Total of   3,683 beneficiaries coming from the 23 barangays of Upi patiently and systematically gathered inside the gymnasium to received the amount ranging from 2,000-8,000 pesos it depends to number of beneficiaries.

The pay-out were  facilitated by the 7  municipal link officer, 3 Social Welfare Assistant  and regional employees of Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Social Fund.

The seven Municipal links officers assigned in Upi: Datu magnus Sinsuat, Ulambai Kanapia, Samra Mama, Norodin Solaiman, Nurhad Sinsuat, Roxanne Salazar, Marietta Hortilano and Anwar Mandi.

The three Social Welfare Assistants: Malik P. Ampuan, Emran Aban and Mary Little Jardeliza.

G-CASH Remit system of Globe Telecom, disbursed the million pesos government’s conditional cash grants to the thousands beneficiaries.

December 2014,  last pay out in Upi for 3,683 beneficiaries for  poverty reduction strategy that provides conditional cash grants to poor households to improve their health, nutrition, and education.   

Poor families receive cash provided their children regularly goes to public school and visit the health center for regular medical checkups and treatments.

outside of Upi gynmasium

Under the said program, a household with a child 0-14 years old will be granted P500 per month for the Health and Nutrition Grant and households having children 3-5 years old enrolled in day care or pre-school program or children 6-14 years old enrolled in elementary and secondary schools will be granted, under Education Grant, P300 per month per child for 10 months a year, excluding April and May, to a maximum of three children.

In order to qualify for the Health and Nutrition Grant, children 0-5 years old should be brought to health center for immunization, monthly weight monitoring and nutrition counseling for children aged 0-2 years old, quarterly weight monitoring for 25 to 73 weeks old, and management of childhood diseases for sick children. Children 6-14 years old must also receive deworming pills twice a year.

For beneficiaries to qualify for the Education Grant, children should maintain a class attendance rate of at least 85% per month. (Alih S. Anso-DXUP)