76 Candelaria and Bantay Kalusugan Pampamayanan serving as a frontliner, he was not tested for the virus. Meanwhile, he is also an on-call electrician and carpenter. The income, however, is not stable. Amparo Escovilla (2020)6 said that the ECQ caused great distress to their family income. As a CAMP volunteer, she received an allowance of Php 2000 (USD 40) per week. On March 31, she received an additional Php 1000 (USD 20) from CAMP Asia. On April 15, however, she received her last pay of Php 1000 from CAMP Asia as the ECQ had been declared. Since April 15, CAMP has ceased its operations, thus she was not able to receive any financial support from the organization. She, however, received five kilograms of rice from CAMP Asia in June. Eventually, she was able to serve once again as a community volunteer, but on a reduced workload and pay. Nevertheless, the situation for Amparo’s family during the ECQ was worrisome as her husband was not able to continue his job as a construction worker. She lamented the fact that while there were avenues for support to her husband through government projects, her husband’s employer did not comply with the requirements, thus he received no financial support. To survive, she asked help from the program manager of CAMP Asia, as well as from her siblings. She also relied on the little support provided both by the government and partners of the BKP for their sustenance. Issues on the implementation of government programs The Social Amelioration Program (SAP) is one of the programs initiated by the Philippine government to provide financial aid for the poor. However, there were many problems in its implementation, such as the preparation of the final list of beneficiaries, as well as the burden on the part of the local government units (LGUs) to release funds under SAP despite the budget coming from the national government (Aceron 2020). These problems manifested on the ground and were observed by BKP members. Marivic agreed that there were missteps in the implementation of the SAP (Atacador 2020). For instance, people had to fall in line early in the morning, but some only got their assistance the next day. And despite people tirelessly falling in line, she added that not all were able to receive the cash aid from the government. She lamented the criteria of selection as she believes there were more deserving families who were not given any aid. For the second tranche, the LGU only distributed the forms to fill out. The same issues were raised by Amparo. She lamented that despite their family’s situation, they were not included as recipients (Escovilla 2020). However, her husband was included in the government’s second round of aid. Nevertheless, she complained 6 Ms. Amparo Escovilla is also a resident of Towerville, San Jose del Monte, Bulacan. She currently serves as the vice president of BKP and volunteer community health worker under CAMP Asia.