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Thousands of students in Northern Mindanao still hoping to receive cash aid from DSWD

Published Sep 18, 2022 08:59 pm

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) region 10 has only one remaining Saturday for the distribution, but still thousands of students in Northern Mindanao have yet to receive the educational aid.

Few personnel from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) region 10 assist applicants of educational assistance during the distribution on Saturday, September 17 conducted at one of the Malls located in CM Recto Avenue, Cagayan de Oro City. (Photo courtesy of DSWD Region 10)

Many parents and students in this city expressed their disappointment after the agency posted an advisory on Friday, Sept. 16, to inform the public that they would start accommodating a limited number of beneficiaries due to the limited funds left.

Jomar Caparoso, one of the college students here who commented on the advisory posted on Facebook, felt hopeless as he has yet to receive the confirmation text from DSWD.

“I no longer expect educational assistance from DSWD. Out of the four assistance I applied for, including last year, I hadn’t been accepted. I don’t know why I would not be qualified as my father doesn't have a job and my mother already left us. I am the one supporting my studies,” commented Caparoso in vernacular.

Apart from Caparoso, many students and parents commented on the advisory, expressing that they have yet to receive the confirmation text after their registration more than a couple of weeks ago.

After the distribution on Sept. 17, the DSWD regional office 10 has now accommodated 27,800 students in the region and distributed a total of P80,236,000 worth of financial assistance.

The said total beneficiaries accommodated are only few from the total potential beneficiaries in Northern Mindanao who registered to get the cash aid.

The DSWD region 10 has already received an overall 300,000 online and offline registrations and these include the 27,800 beneficiaries who already received the cash aid

DSWD-10 Director Ramel Jamen, in an interview Sunday, Sept. 18, confirmed that a total of P120 million has been allocated for the educational assistance in the entire Northern Mindanao.

However, he clarified that the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) only released P87,190,000 in the partial budget.

With the total worth of cash aid distributed, the agency now has P6,954,000 remaining budget to be distributed in the last payout of educational aid under the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) on Sept. 24.

The DSWD-10 has yet to receive any official instructions as to obtaining the remaining budget from the P120-million remark.

With regard to the potential beneficiaries who still have not received the assistance after the last day of the distribution, the DSWD-10 assured that they will raise the concern to the national government to comply with the DSWD’s commitment to provide the educational aid to all eligible beneficiaries in the country.

“We will represent this to the national level because the DSWD declared that qualified beneficiaries will be given educational assistance,” Jamen said.

Jamen is positive for another round of educational assistance, recalling the same scenario of Social Amelioration Program (SAP) during the intense moment of Covid-19 pandemic.

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