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Unregistered applicants still line up for student aid at DSWD offices

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Larize Lee, ABS-CBN News 

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="A government employee speaks to people lining up at the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) central office in Quezon City on August 20, 2022. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/08/24/20220820-dswd-classes-crowd-gc-10.jpg"/><figcaption>A government employee speaks to people lining up at the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) central office in Quezon City on August 20, 2022. <em>George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Rains drenched people queuing outside the Department of Social Welfare and Development&#x27;s (DSWD) offices for its third round of student aid distribution on Saturday, with some lining up through the night just to get the financial assistance.</p><p>There were still walk-in applicants, despite repeated reminders by authorities that those who did not register online and did not have a confirmation message would not be entertained. </p><p>Among those who did not register was Rosie Villapaña, who is 8 months pregnant but still braved the rains by spending the entire night outside DSWD&#x27;s office along with other parents.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/23/22/dswd-educational-cash-aid-funds-triple-to-p15-billion">DSWD: Educational cash aid budget triples to P1.5 billion</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Marami lang problema kasi ako wala akong trabaho tapos ’yung ama rin po ng anak ko hindi rin nagbibigay,&quot; Villapaña said when asked why she lined up for the student aid. </p><p>&quot;Siyempre wala naman akong pagkukuhanan ng gamit ng anak ko. Nagbakasakali lang po kung meron at least may pambiling gamit ng anak ko.&quot;</p><p>Last week, Analisa Abapo queued outside the DSWD office at Batasan but to no avail. Saturday, she tried her luck at the agency&#x27;s branch in Manila. </p><p>&quot;Sa kahirapan ng buhay ngayon lalo ako solo parent ako, hindi ko iniinda ’yung ulan o bagyo basta po pipila po kami kahit anong mangyari. Sana hindi lang ’yung mga may text ang pinapanigan, kami ring mga walk-in. Pare-pareho lang po kaming nangangailangan,&quot; Abapo said. </p><p>She said while her son is studying in public school, school expenses have piled up.</p><p>&quot;Marami ginagawa sila sa school na may kaakibat pong pera. Halos araw-araw ’yan. P100 ang baon kasama pamasahe plus project pa hindi lang naman isa ang teacher eh,&quot; she said. </p><p>Jonathan Hao, a parent who got laid off due to the impact of the pandemic, said the government was his only hope for now. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/26/22/dswd-sets-up-200-payout-centers-for-student-aid">DSWD sets up 200 payout centers for educational aid</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/29/22/dswd-153000-students-get-educational-aid">DSWD: 153,000 students get educational aid</a></li></ul><p>&quot; ’Yung anak ko kailangan na ng PE uniform. PE uniform lang P600 na ... Umaasa na lang po kami sa ganyan na ibibigay ng gobyerno,&quot; Hao said. </p><p>He thinks there is a better way to distribute aid to indigent students. </p><p>&quot;Kung ako po ang tatanungin sa school kasi sigurado ’yung bata malalaman nilang naka-register po at pumapasok na mas klaro po ’yun,&quot; he said. </p><p>Up to 400,000 indigent students are set to receive educational assistance as P1.5 billion was allotted by the DSWD for the program.</p><p>The assistance will be distributed every Saturday until September 24, and is available in at least 200 payout centers. </p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2181288" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><div> </div>

Even though the DSWD has said it would not be giving out aid to unregistered applicants, walk-ins continued to line up at DSWD offices.

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Unregistered applicants still line up for student aid at DSWD offices

Larize Lee,

ABS-CBN News

Published September 03, 2022 11:04 AM PHT

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