The Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office VII (DSWD-7) started the payout for educational assistance to students in crisis situations on August 20, 2022, in response to the opening of school classes.

It released a total amount of Php 9,779,000.00 in educational assistance to 4,511 students in the region. Out of the 4,511 students, 852 are college students, 741 are senior high school students, 1,230 are high school students, and 1,688 are in elementary.

The Department conducted payout in several payout sites in Metro Cebu which includes Brgy. Guadalupe gym that caters seven (7) barangays in the south district of Cebu City, namely; Calamba, Guadalupe, Labangon, Punta Princesa, Quiot, Pardo, and Tisa; T. Padilla Gym for the north district for Cebu City covering the barangays of T. Padilla, Day-as, Mabolo, Lorega, Hipodromo, Carreta, and Tejero; Mandaue City Hall covering barangays of Guizo, Mantuyong, Centro, Cambaro, Alang-alang, and Ibabao-Estancia; and in Hoops Dome in Lapu-Lapu City covering beneficiaries from barangays Gun-ob, Looc, Pajo, and Poblacion.

Aside from Cebu, the field office also distributed educational assistance in the provinces of Bohol, Negros Oriental, and Siquijor through its Social Welfare and Development (SWAD) offices and Crisis Intervention Section in Cebu City.

“We visited the areas where our payouts are happening simultaneously and ang atoang overall assessment sa atoang distribution for the assistance today is good. Hinaut nga ang tanan magpailob ug mosabot sa pamaagi sa payout. Aduna pa kitay mga mosunod nga sabado ug paninguhaon sa DSWD in collaboration sa LGUs nga mas mapahapsay kini (We visited the areas where our payouts are happening simultaneously and the overall assessment of our assistance distribution today is good. We hope that everyone will extend their patience and understand the process of our payout. We still have a payout next Saturday and the DSWD in collaboration with the LGUs will try to have a more orderly payout),” said DSWD-7 OIC Regional Director Shalaine Marie Lucero.

Director Lucero thanked the Local Government Units (LGUs), Philippine National Police (PNP), and barangay officials and workers for ensuring the security and safety of all beneficiaries and DSWD staff present during the payout.

She also assured the public that the agency will post announcements on the schedules, payout venue, and modifications to the process of claiming educational assistance for the succeeding Saturdays.

The educational assistance is under the DSWD’s Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations (AICS), which provides aid to students in crisis to pay for their school fees, school supplies, projects, other fees, and allowance.

Those considered students in a crisis situation are: breadwinner, working student, orphan/abandoned and living with relatives, child of a single parent, a child whose parents are unemployed, child of an overseas Filipino worker, a victim of child abuse, having a parent with human immunodeficiency virus or HIV, and victim of calamity or disaster.

Qualified student-beneficiaries should bring their registration or enrollment certificate, a valid ID of their parent or guardian, and a valid ID of the college or vocational education student who will receive the assistance.

Each student may receive Php 1,000 in elementary school, Php 2,000 in high school, Php 3,000 in senior high school, and Php 4,000 in college or vocational school.The DSWD will conduct payouts every Saturday until September 24, 2022. ###

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