Across four years and more than 341 billion pesos, the Philippine government has reached into the lives of 5.2 million households — not merely to ease immediate suffering, but to ask a harder question: what does it take to end poverty rather than simply manage it? Through the 4Ps program, the state has placed cash, knowledge, and now the possibility of homeownership into the hands of families for whom these things were once out of reach. It is an experiment in interrupted inheritance — the inheritance of want — and its outcome will be written in the lives of children not yet old enough to unde
₱341B in cash grants distributed to 5.2M 4Ps beneficiaries in 4 years
Program supports 5.2 million poor and low-income households, addressing intergenerational poverty and ensuring vulnerable children access essential education and health services.