CEDAW/C/PHL/7-8 seeks to enable poor households to meet certain human development goals aimed at breaking the intergenerational cycle of poverty. It provides cash grants to supplement the income of poor households to enable them to meet their needs subject to conditionalities: For health and nutrition • Pregnant women must have pre-natal and post-natal care by a skilled/trained health professional during childbirth; • Children 0–5 years old must receive regular preventive health check-ups and vaccines; • Children 0–14 years old must take deworming pills every 5 months. For education • Children 3–5 years old must attend day care at least 85% of the time; • Children 6–18 years old must enrol in elementary or high school and attend at least 85% of the time. Attendance at family development sessions • Parents or guardians must attend responsible parenthood sessions, mother ’s classes, and parent effectiveness seminars at least once a month . 108. Poor households with children 0-18 years old (increased from 14 years in 2013 to enable them to complete secondary education) and pregnant or lactating women are eligible for the health transfer set at P500 (approximately $10) per household per month. The education transfer is P300 (approximately $6) per month, for 10 months per year (P3,000 or approximately $62 per year) for up to a maximum of three (3) children per family. As of December 2013, the program implementation geographically covers 1,484 municipalities, 143 cities and 79 provinces nationwide covering over 3,841,147 household beneficiaries 91.3% (3,505,703) of whom are women grantees. 109. The Program provides women additional income for the basic needs of the family, and has given them a degree of financial freedom from their husba nd. It has also led to an increase in the enrolment of children and the number of women getting prenatal and postnatal health care treatments, and enabled them to monitor their children’s health and schooling. Women are also informed of their rights, about gender relations, child rearing and better communication through the family development sessions. 110. The KALAHI-CIDDS/NCDDP is a program that seeks to empower communities through enhanced participation in local governance and community projects of the community members, specifically the women. It seeks to make local governance processes and systems more participatory, transparent, and accountable. Community members identify their projects, prepare proposals and participate in or monitor their implementation to foster commitment, accountability and sustainability. Funds for approved projects are released through community project accounts maintained by community volunteers. Projects range from roads, drainage systems, day-care centres, health centres, post-harvest facilities, and water and sanitation projects. 111. As of January 2014, the KALAHI-CIDSS project has funded 4,243 community sub-projects amounting to Php 4.952 billion (more than $117 million) benefiting 26/36 15-03079