MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), in partnership with the AMA Computer Learning Center (CLC), has been providing free intensive call center training to members of selected family-beneficiaries of their flagship poverty alleviation program, the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), in an effort to help them get high-paying jobs in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry.
Some 200 beneficiaries of the 4Ps in Batangas province recently underwent a 14-day free call center training to prepare them for possible employment in the BPO industry.
The training was conducted through the Training for Work Scholarship program of AMA Computer Learning Center (CLC) Inc.
DSWD Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman said that the undertaking is part of the overall initiative to provide opportunities for poor families to earn regularly and support their respective needs.
“We continue to partner with various sectors in providing livelihood support and employment opportunities to Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries to help them achieve self-sufficiency especially after the program,” Soliman said.
Those who trained were 18 years old and above and at least high school graduate.
The training was conducted in nine clusters in selected areas in the province with participants coming from Nasugbu, Calaca, Lemery, Cuenca, Batangas City, Lipa City, and Tanauan City.
After the training, the AMA-CLC will endorse graduates to their partner-BPO companies.
Pantawid Pamilya is a human development program of the National Government that invests in the health and education of poor households. It utilizes the conditional cash transfer scheme where qualified households receive grants provided they comply with their co-responsibilities such as attendance of children aged three to 18 years old in school; regular health check-ups for children aged zero to five years or pregnant member of the household, and attendance to the monthly Family Development Sessions.