Strengthening Family Ties despite Life’s Adversities: A Case Study on the Conditional Cash Transfer Program in the Philippines
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This study was conceptualized to investigate the current status of the beneficiaries of the Conditional Cash Transfer program of the government in the Province of Iloilo, Philippines. For this study, qualitative data were collected to through a case study method to describe who does what, when, where, how, and why the conditions, events, and processes occurred. Further, in-depth interviews and semi –structured interviews were the main tools utilized for data gathering. The key informants of the study were four CCT beneficiaries from the Municipalities with alarming situation in terms of poverty incidence index such as Carles, Concepcion, San Dionisio and Lemery. The researcher developed the category, theme and sub-themes based on the data gathered. Parent beneficiaries have realized that education is the only way to break the cycle of poverty.
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