Recovery and Reintegration Program for Trafficked Persons (RRPTP) — Philippines' Nationwide Survivor-Support System

The Philippines' Recovery and Reintegration Program for Trafficked Persons (RRPTP) was established under the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003 (RA 9208), later strengthened by the Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2012 (RA 10364). Section 16 of RA 9208 mandates the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to deliver recovery and reintegration services to trafficked persons, and the programme is now run through DSWD Field Offices across the country, including Field Offices I, VI, VII, VIII, IX (Zamboanga Peninsula), XI and the Cordillera Administrative Region.
RRPTP delivers a full service chain: temporary shelter, medical care, psychosocial counselling, education assistance, livelihood and skills training, transportation support, legal assistance for survivors with pending court cases, and a 24-hour helpline.
According to the US Department of State's 2025 Trafficking in Persons Report, the Philippine government assisted 2,193 trafficking victims through RRPTP in 2024 - 1,403 women and 790 men - on a budget of 26 million pesos (US$448,083), up from 2,024 victims assisted in 2023 on a 24.9 million peso (US$429,125) budget. The large majority of adult survivors are women and girls trafficked for sexual exploitation or forced labour.
Independent evidence is strongest on service volume and funding, weaker on long-term outcomes: a peer-reviewed governance study of Zamboanga City found reintegration success depends heavily on local multi-agency coordination and varies across sites, and no publicly available data track re-trafficking rates or long-term reintegration success nationally.

Read the full analysis: https://www.state.gov/reports/2025-trafficking-in-persons-report/philippines/