• GILBERT P. BAYORAN
A total of 4,750 beneficiaries of AKAP Tulong Eskwela Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Negros Occidental received P14.25 million in financial assistance from the government on Friday, Aug. 30.
Each beneficiary got P3,000, the DSWD-Western Visayas said in a statement.
The program is under the DSWD’s Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS).
The payout was simultaneously conducted in the cities of Bacolod, San Carlos, Sagay and Victorias.
Sandy Jin Robles, 19, a Grade 12 student from Barangay Airport-Singcang in Bacolod City, expressed her gratitude as one of the beneficiaries who received the financial aid.
“I am truly blessed and very thankful because this is a big help for my school needs and also to my father who needs medical assistance right now due to a road accident,” the teary eyed Robles said.
AKAP-Tulong Eskwela Program aims to provide financial aid to Filipinos who are minimum wage earners or identified as near poor families and those children enrolled in senior high school. | GB
