Homeless Teenage Girl Who Finishes Senior High School Gets Full Scholarship from UC

Johanna Heart Genon, the teenage girl who finished her senior high school from the University of Cebu (UC) and wishes to take up Civil Engineering there gets a full scholarship from the same university.

UC Chancellor Candice Gotianuy offered the scholarship to Johanna Heart after she was tagged of Johanna’s story by DSWD Region 7.

The story entitled “Homeless teenage girl finishes senior high school” was also shared by Gotianuy in her social media accounts.

Gotianuy said in her post that “This is the story of three hearts and a scholarship.”

For the first heart, she recognized Johanna Heart as a determined girl.

She also expressed her appreciation to DSWD who is one of those who helped Johanna Heart. She considers it the second heart.

As for the third heart, Gotianuy said “Johanna would like to pursue Civil Engineering at UC – the University that Cares. And so we will be giving a college scholarship to Johanna, the girl with a heart.”

Johanna Heart was in cloud nine after learning the good news that she will get a scholarship from UC.

UC was her first option to study Civil Engineering.

“Lipay kaayu sila mama ug papa pagkahibalo ani nga balita (My mother and father were happy to know the news),” Johanna Heart said.

“Karun man gani nikuyog si mama didto sa bag-o nga gitrabahuon nga construction site ni papa sa may Punta Engaño. Nagtinda siya didto karon aron makahinay-hinay na og tigom para sa akong pang-college (In fact, my mother goes with my father to his new workplace which is a construction site in Punta Engaño. She sells food there in order to save money for my college),” Johann Heart added.

Johanna Heart said that the scholarship will be a big help to her and to her family.

To recall, Johanna Heart’s family is one of the partner-beneficiaries of the Modified Conditional Cash Transfer (MCCT) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).

The MCCT covers poor families who were not included in the regular Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program.

It provides assistance to homeless street families, families in need of special protection and indigenous families, which are not limited to education and health grants, but also include safe and responsive housing assistance with access to social services and economic opportunities for the improvement of their living conditions.

Johanna Heart believes that this is an answered prayer from God and vowed to do her best in college.