MANILA, Aug. 9 -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development's (DSWD) Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) is not just about providing cash grants; it also equips poor households with knowledge and skills to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty, an official said on Saturday.

"One of the things we want to emphasize here is that more than the conditional cash grants that they are receiving, what we are really trying to promote here is social behavioral change. Ibig sabihin, binibigyan natin sila ng pagkakataon na bigyang pagpapahalaga ang pag-aaral, ang edukasyon, kalusugan at gayundin ang mapasama sila sa mga isinasagawang activities tungo sa pagpapaunlad ng ating bansa like digitalization (We are giving them the opport...