The 100 families who joined the camping activity in Nasugbu, Batangas  last month are continuously being provided with different support services to ensure that they will not return to the streets.

To date,  74 families are now living in safe houses through the provision of financial assistance and alternative family home. Their children are also enrolled under the Alternative Learning System of the Department of Education.

Likewise,  three families availed of the Balik-Probinsya program and have gone back to their home provinces;  10 families were provided with Cash-for-Work program for a period of 10 days and are now staying with their relatives;  four families who are under the regular Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program have gone back to their homes;  five families were endorsed to the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) for further assessment; and two families are now temporarily staying at the Jose Fabella Center in Mandaluyong City for further case management.

The whereabouts of two families cannot be determined despite efforts of DSWD and the local government of Manila to locate them

DSWD, in coordination with local government units in the National Capital Region, has conducted a total of six camp-out activities from 2011 to 2015.

Activities during the camp are meant to inculcate family values, strengthen family unity, and enhance roles of parents to ensure that they can protect and take care of the well-being of their children. ###