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DSWD starts distribution of educational cash aid
By Moises Cruz
Aug 21, 2022 12:23 am

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) began disbursing financial aid under the Educational Assistance Program on Saturday. at the DSWD Central Office in Batasan Complex, Quezon City.

Speaking at the Press Briefing on Saturday, Secretary Erwin Tulfo emphasized that the money would be used for the purchase of students' school supplies.

Security men of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Quezon City push back a crowd trying to enter the head office on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022, to avail of the cash assistance that the DSWD started distributing to indigent students. The government is expected to spread out P500 million over the next six weeks. PHOTO BY JOHN ORVEN VERDOTE

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