The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) and the UP ITDC worked on the “Development of Strengthening and Guaranteeing Insurance for the Poor (SAGIP) Project.” SAGIP’s objective is to provide a solution for the CLIENT to proactively enable its poor members to pay and sustain their health insurance coverage through the assistance provided by social service agencies in terms of equipping them with technical and livelihood skills. The project started on 16 January 2013.