A TOTAL of 1,144 residents from various villages in Manila, who were affected by recent calamities, have received cash aid totaling P11.44 million from the National Housing Authority (NHA) through its Emergency Housing Assistance Program (EHAP).

NHA General Manager (GM) Joeben Tai, together with Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso, led the distribution during the weekend of P10,000 to every family whose house was partially damaged due to the southwest monsoon and tropical cyclones Crising, Emong and Dante.

NHA gives cash aid to families affected by calamity in Manila

EHAP beneficiaries were selected through a thorough assessment, validation, and data consolidation conducted by the NHA West Sector Office, led by Regional Manager Wenson Reyes, in coordination and partnership with the city’s social welfare and development office for recipient certification and verification., This news data comes from:http://www.redcanaco.com

Moreno said the event was the first NHA-EHAP distribution under his administration.

“I am very thankful to GM Tai and NHA for extending the much-needed assistance to my constituents who were displaced by the recent calamities, especially the consecutive tropical cyclones last July and the enhanced southwest monsoon,” the mayor said.

NHA Assistant General Manager Alvin Feliciano, Manila Vice Mayor Angela Lei “Chi” Atienza-Valdepeñas, and other city as well as agency officials witnessed the cash aid distribution.

Feliciano said the NHA is set to conduct another EHAP distribution activity in Caloocan City after doing the same in its neighboring cities of Malabon, Valenzuela and Navotas.