A total of 88 parent leaders from the 12 LGU-beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilippino Program attended the assembly conducted by the provincial government of Cotabato last October 10-12, 2011 in Kidapawan City.
The forum served as a venue for the Parent Leaders to identify gaps, issues and concerns confronting the implementation of the 4Ps program. They were also oriented on the Compliance Verification System (CVS), Grievance Redress System (GRS), Supply Side Assessment (SSA) and Beneficiary Update System (BUS) as well as leadership and teamwork.
Of the issues discussed, the BUS was perceived to be the most controversial where several questions were by the parent leaders.
Most of the parent leaders who attended the forum were mothers, an indication of gender equality and empowerment of women proving to society that mothers also have capabilities to successfully lead groups.
The province has a total of 41,320 household-beneficiaries among whom clusters were formed, each cluster chose a parent leader. Today, there are 1,489 organized parent groups.
These parent leaders lead their groups in all meetings, develop rapport with the members of the assembly; follow up and monitor the attendance of household grantees in the community assemblies and family development education sessions; follow up and conduct home visits to households grantees who have not been attending the community assembly and disseminate information to household beneficiaries.
With the crucial functions of the parent leaders in the implementation of the Program, Pantawid Pamilya, the forum helped them strengthen their roles and equipped them to be more effective as partners in the implementation.
“The provincial government is strongly pushing for efficient and effective implementation of the program since this is the biggest single instrument of the government to improve the human capital,” said Gov. Emmylou “Lala” Taliño-Mendoza.
“Let’s not put to waste the government’s money. We should see to it that the program served its purpose,” she said. [edv]
The forum served as a venue for the Parent Leaders to identify gaps, issues and concerns confronting the implementation of the 4Ps program. They were also oriented on the Compliance Verification System (CVS), Grievance Redress System (GRS), Supply Side Assessment (SSA) and Beneficiary Update System (BUS) as well as leadership and teamwork.
Of the issues discussed, the BUS was perceived to be the most controversial where several questions were by the parent leaders.
Most of the parent leaders who attended the forum were mothers, an indication of gender equality and empowerment of women proving to society that mothers also have capabilities to successfully lead groups.
The province has a total of 41,320 household-beneficiaries among whom clusters were formed, each cluster chose a parent leader. Today, there are 1,489 organized parent groups.
These parent leaders lead their groups in all meetings, develop rapport with the members of the assembly; follow up and monitor the attendance of household grantees in the community assemblies and family development education sessions; follow up and conduct home visits to households grantees who have not been attending the community assembly and disseminate information to household beneficiaries.
With the crucial functions of the parent leaders in the implementation of the Program, Pantawid Pamilya, the forum helped them strengthen their roles and equipped them to be more effective as partners in the implementation.
“The provincial government is strongly pushing for efficient and effective implementation of the program since this is the biggest single instrument of the government to improve the human capital,” said Gov. Emmylou “Lala” Taliño-Mendoza.
“Let’s not put to waste the government’s money. We should see to it that the program served its purpose,” she said. [edv]
